Soviet Union (USSR)

Peace with Russia, as in Soviet times, has always been unpalatable but necessary.

Despite the triumphant mood of the 90s, the struggle for democracy never really ended, as Putin’s invasion of Ukraine proves.

The strategic anxiety of encirclement has driven great-power policy for centuries; Russia and China represent the modern version of this classic security dilemma.

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

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

In 1945 Americans and Russians met near Torgau, Germany in a rare moment of unity. Can this be repeated?

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.

Traditional values and religious freedom are increasingly perceived as contradictory, but they do not have to be.

Richard John Neuhaus was always fond of reminding those drawn to the seductions of modern secular political faiths that they…