Back in 1957, jazz icon Louis Armstrong was asked by the US State Department to travel to the Soviet Union preaching "US values", but the trumpeter refused.

Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican ...

On Dec. 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, officially came into existence, as leaders gathered in ...

The mainstream media ignored the passing of a beloved former colleague of mine, Ambassador Raymond Garthoff, whose career ...

December 30th has witnessed a plethora of significant events throughout history, shaping the world in various ways. One of ...

Putin has said Russia would consider testing a nuclear weapon if the United States did. Last month Putin lowered the ...

The Soviet plane simply would not have had the fuel range to make it from the USSR to the United States with the bomb strapped to its fuselage. Nevertheless, some remained fearful that the Soviets ...

Since emerging from the collapsing Soviet Union as an independent state in 1991, Georgia has again become the arena of conflicting interests. Tense relations with Russia after the 2003 "Rose ...