From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a strike – long-range, strategic bombers. As the conflict wore on, technological ...

Atomic veterans are soldiers who were sent into nuclear tests during the 1950s and 60s, often just miles from the blast — ...

The Cold War stands as one of the most significant events in United States and world history. Pavel Palazhchenko offers a ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Benn Steil, a senior fellow and director of international economics at CFR, sits ...

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The story of the massive crane tasked with clearing the wreckage of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge began with a secret operation in the midst of the Cold War, a billionaire’s cover story and a ...

An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century Over the last ...

Pavel Palazhchenko, a key member of Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev’s inner circle during the final years of the Cold War, will headline the National Cold War Center’s “Cold War Conversation” ...

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...

The Cambria Air Force station in coastal California has seen quite a past — and now it seeks a steward to take it into its next chapter.