A little-known incident in 1983 might have pushed the world over the brink and into nuclear war if not for one man. Soviet citizen Stanislav Petrov received warnings of a U.S. nuclear attack, but his ...

The Surprising Source of North Korea’s Enduring Power ...

MOSCOW – For a long time, it was believed that Vladimir Putin had no ideology. A classic kleptocrat, the Russian President simply strived to maintain his power at all costs. But a surrogate ideology, ...

Whether Barsa-Kelmes is a place of genuine supernatural power or simply a remote location where folklore met Cold War paranoia, its impact on the human imagination is undeniable. It represents our ...

We British have to accept that the old world order is gone. It was fantastic for us – a strong middle power – while it lasted ...

On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, POWER sent a freelance photographer and correspondent to the site in ...

Our adversaries no longer need to convince Americans to adopt their worldview — they only need to erode Americans’ confidence ...

This Week in History: From missing monks to Soviet standoffs - Explore how major events between 23 and 29 March were captured on The Independent’s front pages ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a potential defeat in Sunday's elections that would end his long journey from ...

The TS-3 was a remarkable Soviet attempt to turn nuclear power into a mobile energy source for the most remote parts of the ...

In 1965, a group of Israeli amateurs shocked the Soviet chess elite, securing a moral victory in the Cold War arena. The ...

Issues surrounding Armenia’s only nuclear power plant are as much about politics as energy. With related infrastructure now ...