The collapse of the Soviet Empire came suddenly, mostly due to the invasion of Afghanistan. Let's talk about that! 19,000,000 people left without electricity after entire country hit by blackout ...

Just as with the U.S. military’s experience fighting North Vietnamese insurgents in the harsh jungles of Indochina, the Soviet forces learned that the tough Afghan terrain of mountains ...

University of Arizona professor John Willerton has taken to the pages of the online journal 19Fortyfive to rhapsodize about ...

Logic dictates Putin will not risk breaking his back in a ferocious, tech-fuelled, guerilla war that cannot hold Ukraine in ...

The BBC spends the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.

Trump’s return has left Europe’s main military pact looking less assured. Now defence is being reshaped on the continent.

France, Britain suggest willingness to send troops to enforce potential peace pact in Ukraine amid uncertainty over scope of ...

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One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...

A decision by the White House to suspend all military aid to Ukraine has stunned Kyiv and its European allies, throwing the very future of the established world order into doubt. "It's almost like the ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...