Soviet Union Articles

On War and Choice

Lawrence Freedman | Apr 20, 2010

It has long been said that there are wars of necessity and wars of choice. But enemies always adapt, especially in our world of terrorists, failing states and delinquent regimes. Every war is a war of choice.

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo | Jun 01, 2006

The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

From Awakening to War

Robert F. Ellsworth | Jun 01, 2006

Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.

Clinging to Faith

Paul Hollander | Mar 01, 2006

From the wreckage of communism's legacy, the ideology rises again.

The Freedom Crusade, Revisited

| Dec 01, 2005

Leslie H. Gelb, Daniel Pipes, Robert W. Merry and Joseph S. Nye offer their reactions to Robert W. Tucker and David Hendrickson on the Bush Doctrine.

The 'Amazing and Mysterious Life' of Ronald Reagan

Josef Joffe | Sep 01, 2004

Mr. Reagan was a simple man with simple straightforward ideas. But he pursued a subtle and complex foreign policy. Maybe we missed something. Where was the rest of him?

Goodbye To Berlin?

Walter Russell Mead | Mar 01, 2004

A declining Germany gets no respect from Red State America--yet it wants a veto over U.S. policy. Surrendering this conceit is the first step back toward influence.

Bases of Debate: America in Central Asia: Steppes to Empire

Andrew J. Bacevich | Jun 01, 2002

America's post-9/11 tryst with the authoritarian regimes of Central Asia should not be transformed into a longer-term "marriage of convenience." It would end badly.

Russia's Higher Police

Laurent Murawiec

Clifford G. Gaddy

| Mar 01, 2002

Whether Czarist or Soviet, the Russian intelligence elite has always conceived on itself as the "most loyal" servant of "the Russian idea." Now one of their own is president.

The Long Goodbye

Neil McInnes | Jun 01, 2001

Ten years after its death, communism's elegists--Eric Hobsbawn chief among them--have yet to give up the ghost.

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