LECH Walesa, remember him? He was the Labour union leader who succeeded in forming and leading a broad anti-Communism and anti-Soviet Union mass uprising under the banner of the Solidarity Movement ...

A five-metre-high metal fence scythes through the Polish countryside, covered with barbs and topped with razor wire. CCTV cameras and heat sensors alert border guards to movement ...

From Troy to Vietnam, the historian Barbara Tuchman explores the perplexing question of why countries sometimes pursue ...

Amid the ongoing threats against Canadian sovereignty, Canada is an ideal candidate for effective civil defence.

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Under Donald Trump’s “America First” ideology, US’ engagement with the former Eastern Bloc states is likely to remain limited ...

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Over the centuries, the global order has shifted at regular intervals. With the rise of Third World powers, the post-Cold War ...

It is hard for any knowledgeable person not to grasp that this was a direct provocation, and indeed, Robert Kagan, a prominent anti-Russia hawk on the Washington circuit, husband of Victoria Nuland ...

The death of Oleg Gordievsky at the age of 86 comes at a moment when relations between his native Russia and his adopted ...

We already know what happens when great powers feel entitled to their zones of control and the strong try to dominate the ...

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