Explore the Cold War period, one of the most significant and tense times in modern history. Unlike traditional wars fought ...

Berlin has been the centre of some of the most important historical events in Europe, including World War II and the Cold War ...

For Frederick Kempe, president of the Atlantic Council, today “Ukraine is the front line of a global struggle,” just as West Berlin was during the Cold War — a reality acknowledged by China ...

For nearly 30 years, Berlin was divided not just by ideology, but by a concrete barrier that snaked through the city, serving as an ugly symbol of the Cold War. Erected in haste and torn down in ...

So with the Cold War and Kennan top of mind, it’s a good time to ask what is left of his presence in the East Berlin area, 17 years after his death at age 101.

From the front lines of the Cold War to the trenches of Ukraine, archival photos tell the story of Radio Free Europe, which ...

American histories of the Cold War tend to depict the Berlin Wall as a symbol of the era’s worst depredations. In doing so, however, Americans forget the complexity of the 15-year crisis over the ...

President Kennedy decided to reinforce the 5,000-man U.S. garrison in Berlin, ordered 1,500 troops of the 8th Division to cross East Germany along the Helmstedt-Berlin Autobahn in armored trucks.

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the Cold War's most infamous border.