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During the Cold War, the superpowers signed a number of arms control agreements that helped build trust and limit the scope of their competition. Generally, they agreed to ban nuclear weapons from...
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The world is understandably concerned about North Korea’s growing nuclear capabilities and Iran’s on-again, off-again progress toward its own bomb. But few people realize that quite a few...
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Guantanamo Bay is one of the United States’ most controversial overseas bases. It’s a colonial legacy located on the shore of one of America’s communist rivals. And it serves as a detention...
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NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a mutual-defense pact between 32 countries of Europe and North America. It was created to counter the threat of attack by the Soviet Union, and now...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has succeeded beyond all expectations, uniting former adversaries in Western Europe and North America to deter war with the Soviet Union/Russia for 75...
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Vladimir Ilich Lenin, the leader of the Russian Revolution, died in 1924, 100 years ago this year. But for all that time, his body has (allegedly) not decayed but remains on display for public...
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75 years ago this month, the Soviet Union successfully tested an atomic bomb. This was the beginning of an international arms race that today has 9 countries wielding enough nuclear firepower to make...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently celebrated its 75th year. With the ongoing war in Ukraine, the alliance is as important today as it was in 1949. Defense spending is one of the...
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There’s little doubt the United States is one of the most controversial countries in the world. Since World War II, its military, political, and cultural leadership have dominated the globe and...
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The aftereffects of World War II changed the global landscape and helped to form today’s politics, borders, and military initiatives. Although much has changed since the ’40s, there is a lot that...
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