North America

BRICS 2014

Is the Ukrainian Crisis Triggering the End of the US-Dominated Post-1991 World Order? Is the Ukrainian Crisis Triggering the End of the US-Dominated Post-1991 World Order?

The emergence of a new multipolar world.

Jul 15, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Vladimir Putin

Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War? Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War?

What the ongoing policy conflicts in Moscow mean for US–Russian relations.

Jul 8, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Military Exercise in Ukraine

Why the New US-Russian Cold War May Be More Dangerous Than the Last Why the New US-Russian Cold War May Be More Dangerous Than the Last

As the Minsk accord seems to collapse, new military dangers loom.

Jul 2, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Fathers of Canada

July 1, 1867: Canada Is Created July 1, 1867: Canada Is Created

"The dominion of Canada is formally in existence, to the great satisfaction of the politicians who infest the provinces, if of nobody else."

Jul 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Battle of Little Bighorn

June 25, 1876: In the Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer Makes His Last Stand June 25, 1876: In the Battle of Little Bighorn, Custer Makes His Last Stand

"Who shall blame the Sioux for defending themselves, their wives and children, when attacked in their own encampment and threatened with destruction?"

Jun 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Gore Vidal

Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire

“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”

Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal

Flowers at the Berlin Wall Memorial after the commemoration ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin, Germany, on November 9, 2024.

Sovietology and the End of the Cold War Sovietology and the End of the Cold War

The Cold War and its effects.

Nov 5, 0030 / Ronald Grigor Suny

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