Soviet Union (USSR)

There is a power in moral clarity that Reagan understood well.

Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” speech gave hope to the oppressed in the Soviet Union

Ronald Reagan’s “Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida” of March 8, 1983, were plain speaking and straight truth about the Soviet Union.

40 years ago today in 1983, Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “Evil Empire” speech.

On March 8, 1983, that Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most provocative and memorable speeches, referring to the Soviet Union as “the focus of evil in the modern world.”

Historian Paul Johnson once observed that one of the most important qualities of a statesman is the capacity to make moral distinctions.

Dmitri Volkogonov’s histories contributed significantly to the delegitimization of the Soviet regime in the eyes of ordinary Russians by exposing the naked terror which underpinned the USSR.

The Rise of Violent, Revolutionary Ideology in the 20th Century and its Christian Realist Tonic.

The fragile peace the Russia has experienced by granting autonomy to ethnic minorities may unravel under the strains of the Ukrainian Invasion.