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The Cold War Explained: How Two Superpowers Reshaped the Modern World

For nearly fifty years, the United States and the Soviet Union competed for global influence without ever fighting directly. This video traces the key moments of the Cold War — from the Berlin Airlift ...
The Week

‘Iran is going to face the fate of Soviet Union’: Experts on why the Islamic Republic may be nearing collapse

US experts Norman Roule and Mark Dubowitz predict the Iranian regime's collapse, drawing parallels to the Soviet Union's ...

‘Radioactive patriarchy’ documentary: Women examine the impact of Soviet nuclear testing

Over a 40-year period, up to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons in present-day Kazakhstan. A new ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race

Could the moon landing have been an international program? Roger D. Launius President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. National Archives and ...