On Feb. 21, 2022, shortly before 3 a.m., the phone rang in Jim Sciutto’s Kyiv hotel room. A U.S. member of Congress was calling to warn him of an imminent incursion of Russian forces into Ukraine. As ...

The rise of China as a global power has cast a shadow over U.S. foreign policy. For nearly a decade, elected leaders from both major political parties have described China as a sinister threat to ...

Artillery has been called “the god of war” for good reason. From the thunder of cannons in the Great War to the deep, rolling booms of Cold War behemoths, these weapons have shaped history one ...

Using their material capabilities - economic strength, military might and political influence - great powers have been able ...

During the Cold War, Germany stood at the center of the standoff between NATO and the Soviet bloc. Soldiers lived with the constant possibility that a single mistake could trigger a wider conflict ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has caused its share of intellectual confusion. Putin has never coherently or consistently explained his intentions, and Russia’s ...