The Cold War is often portrayed as a great power struggle between the forces of democracy and a spreading communist threat. But what if the conventional story gets it exactly backward? In this episode ...

Early Friday morning, Israel launched a historic wave of attacks against Iran – the latest phase of the Israel-Iran war that ...

Global peacekeeping is a tricky task, but who knew all it would take to end the Cold War was for Billy Joel to lose his rag?

As Trump considers whether to become directly involved in Israel’s military strikes against Iran, some comparisons can be ...

The United States, leveraging its overwhelming strength, became a key architect of the postwar international order and a ...

Heckler & Koch firearms have played an unheralded and destructive role in the civil wars that have consumed the country since ...

The fact that Europe is spending more on its own defense is in many ways good news for Americans. Thanks to the continent’s ...

YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the ...

Ending the Russia-Ukraine war demands a shift in strategy from the Trump administration—one that compels Russian President ...

With Trump 2.0 mostly embroiled in the Russia-Ukraine and the volatile wars in West Asia, watchers of Indo-Pacific affairs ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are gathering this week for what might be a historic summit.

BBC Radio 4’s award-winning inside story of the CIA returns on 20th June with a gripping second season, taking listeners into ...