In hindsight, the Cold War might look like nothing more than a dramatic hissy fit between two places with opposing political ...

The United States’ plan for dealing with Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China remains ill-defined among a shifting global order.

The Cold War ended more than three decades ago, but many of the weapons built for it never left U.S. service. Designed for a ...

Many of the tactics used by modern militaries were forged long before today’s conflicts ever began. During the Cold War, ...

The Cold War wasn't actually much of a war at all, as it saw very little actual combat between the United States and the Soviet Union. Two of the world's biggest superpowers, the two were in a nuclear ...

How close did the world come to nuclear war? Test your knowledge of the Cold War’s most dangerous moments — from the Cuban ...

Bristling with armaments and seemingly strong, the current ad hoc Western coalition may yet prove, like NATO, vulnerable to sudden setbacks from rising partisan pressures. The USS Nimitz and USS ...