America’s current retreat from world power recalls that of the Soviet Union after 1988. Is the U.S. poised to collapse like the Soviet Union did?

"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.

In the 1990s, following the Soviet Union’s collapse, few in Washington were thinking about China as a potential future threat ...

Considering Putin's record of violating ceasefires, perhaps it doesn't matter what kind of agreement Trump reaches.

How neoliberals fell in love with “human nature”—the glue that still unites the divergent factions of the new right.

While they enjoyed a privileged position during the Soviet Union era, many have suffered a social downgrade since the five Central Asian states became independent.

Russians made up about a fifth of Central Asia's population at the time of the Soviet collapse, but that figure is now 5%, with tens of thousands more leaving each year Unable to find work and ...

“You’re next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union’s collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.

“America’s current retreat from its engagements around the world — from gutting USAid to abandoning European allies — ...