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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Think you know all about the Cold War? Think again! This is the untold story of the War that spawned some shocking spy tactics Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and ...

Ukraine’s fate is in the hands of the world’s three superpowers: China, Russia, and the United States. To glimpse Ukraine’s future, we should look at how past superpower conflicts ended. Throughout ...

Meet the MiG-21: The Soviet Union’s first truly advanced second-generation fighter jet continues to serve several countries nearly seven decades after it first flew the skies. Many airframes across ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You might know Chris Hadfield as the International Space Station commander who famously sang David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” ...