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In the 1970s, I entered Finland at the Lappeenranta border crossing in Karelia after two months of road travel through the Soviet Union through what is now Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. This was my ...
Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph ...
Commandos, secret operations and drones now offer action video that is effective for messaging on social media.
On June 22, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge to try to avoid nuclear war.
UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 22, 2025 On June 22, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge to try to avoid nuclear war.
In 1940, France fell to Germany in World War II. Nazi and French leaders signed the second armistice at Compiègne, France, in Ferdinand Foch's Railway Car. In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Events are moving fast. Seven days ago, as I write, Israel had not yet launched its first attacks on targets in Iran. Seven days from now, things may well have changed -- significantly.
As we anticipate World War Three, we must reclaim Leonid Brezhnev’s shaking hand, valuing it as a human failsafe for the apocalypse. Nicholas Agar is Professor of Ethics at the University of ...