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The Soviet Union’s decade-long incursion into Afghanistan has been compared to the American experience in Vietnam. Both wars bore some surface similarities to each other, though closer examination would reveal a multitude of differences behind the circumstances that brought them about, the relative commitment both great powers had to these conflicts, and the motivations for their involvement in the first place. But one striking similarity exists: both wars saw heavy use of the helicopter in an offensive role. The U.S. had taken notice of the successes the French had seen with these weapons o...

In Vasily Arkhipov’s action, which prevented a disastrous nuclear confrontation, is evidence of the power of nonviolence as practised through self-restraint.

The United States of America has been the pre-eminent country on Earth for over 40 years.  There are many competing analyses of these developments, different

At present, the "Global South," comprising emerging market countries and developing countries, is steadily increasing its voice and influence in international affairs. Latin American countries ar...

Fifty years after the 1973 military coup in Chile, the United States finally declassifies part of its secret documents.