Key Points and Summary - This week’s massive military parade in Beijing, where Xi Jinping hosted Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, marked the open start of "Cold War 2." -This Chinese-led "axis of ...

Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.

Between 1953 and 1977, the U.S. and Iran had a mostly cordial relationship. During the 1960s, the U.S. assisted Iran in creating its nuclear program, providing a nuclear reactor and significant ...

The Cold War is widely considered to have ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. It appeared to mark the end of ...

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 – long-range, strategic bombers. As the conflict wore on, technological ...

In 2025, American and world leaders were preoccupied with wars in the Middle East. Most dramatically, first Israel and the United States bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. Some commentators feared that ...

The navies of Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity in the South China Sea, Apr. 7, 2024. Credit: U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication ...