During the Cold War, the biggest fear for powerful nations was not only losing a nuclear war, but also losing the ability to ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Benn Steil, a senior fellow and director of international economics at CFR, sits ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 138. From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a strike – ...

On Nov. 12, 2024, the National Cold War Center at Blytheville announced a partnership with the Woodrow Wilson Center in an effort to preserve the story of the Cold War. The Washington-based center, ...

Examine the origins of great power competition in the Cold War. In the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a global competition for allies, influence, and security. To many ...

From the jagged stealth of the F-117 to the blistering speed of the MiG-25, these 17 aircraft waged a high-altitude shadow ...

After the Cold War ended, our terror of nuclear war faded from the screen. Now it’s resurgent — and more fatalistic than ever ...

"Before charging headlong into this icy island again, the U.S. would be remiss not to learn from past failures," argues an environmental science professor.