50 Years Later: The Soviets’ Reckless Overreach in the Cuban Missile Crisis
On October 16–28, the world is marking the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a standoff between the United States and the former Soviet… Read More
50 Years Later: Lessons on Escalation from the Cuban Missile Crisis
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a major event in the Cold War. With the U.S. and the Soviet Union… Read More
50 Years Later: The Armageddon Men of October, Fidel and Raul Castro
On the 50th anniversary of the October 1962 Cuban Missile crisis, only one of the critical leaders involved is still in power. At age 86,… Read More
50 Years Later: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Presidential Leadership
It was October 22, 1962. Two weeks before, a little-known British band called the Beatles had released its first single. A week before, the Yankees… Read More
Morning Bell: Nuclear War Averted, 50 Years Ago This Week
Fifty years ago, the world came to the brink of nuclear war. On October 14, 1962, U.S. policymakers learned that the Soviet Union was building… Read More
50 Years Later: What the Cuban Missile Crisis Teaches Us About Nuclear Policy
Fifty years ago, the world came to the brink of nuclear war. On October 14, 1962, U.S. policymakers learned that the Soviet Union was building… Read More
The Soviet Hunger Games
The Hunger Games has captured the imagination of the entire nation. The book-turned-movie is set in a dystopian world where 12 districts are held under… Read More
Stanislaw Shushkevich: Medal for a Hero
On March 26, Stanislaw Shushkevich, the former president of Belarus, made a difficult trip to the U.S. in order to speak about the difficult human… Read More
Vaclav Havel: The Passing of a Political Giant
The passing of the modern Czech Republic’s first President, Vaclav Havel, will be mourned the world over, for the legendary leader of the Velvet Revolution… Read More
Freedom Has Lost A Passionate Champion
The cause of freedom lost a passionate advocate with the death of former Czech president, dissident and playwright Vaclav Havel. President Havel inspired freedom-loving peoples… Read More
Why Albania Matters
It has been over two decades since Albania escaped the iron grip of communism, yet it is still struggling to sustain democracy. Since 2009, the… Read More
Statue of Joseph Stalin to be Unveiled in Virginia
This Sunday, people around the world will honor the 66th anniversary of D-Day, when over 160,000 troops from the United States, Britain, France and Canada bravely stormed… Read More
Senate Should Uphold Reagan’s Vision on Arms Control
During his State of the Union Speech President Obama underscored his goal of “getting to zero” nuclear weapons by citing Ronald Reagan’s aspirations for a… Read More
Utopian New Left Just Like Old Left
How did the European left rationalize communism’s crimes and transform itself into a viable political force after the fall of the Soviet Union? It’s all… Read More
Haunting ‘Gulag Collection’ Records Soviets’ Inhumanity
“The Gulag Collection,” 50 compelling paintings of life and death inside the Soviet Union’s notorious prison camps, will be on view at The Heritage Foundation… Read More
Lithuanian Laurels for Lee Edwards
For years, he worked tirelessly to tell the stories of the courage shown — and horrors endured — by the tens of millions who lived… Read More
