Russia's desire to move towards the West after the collapse of the USSR was a mistake. This was announced today, February 4, ...

Why did the USSR collapse? In this video, we analyze the internal and external pressures that led to the Soviet Union's downfall. From economic stagnation to political unrest and the influence of ...

The Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence. In Tajikistan, that violence slid rapidly into civil war. Five experts explore the legacy of the ...

Ever an optimist and a peacemaker, Lozansky advocates “resetting the clock with Russia.” ...

Ukrainian expertise Ukraine became independent when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, but its defense industry continued to be intertwined with Russia's. Ukraine has expertise in nuclear and ...

Russia may stand a better chance at sustaining its war economy than previously thought. That's according to Vladislav Inozemtsev, an exiled Russian economist who thinks the chances of an economic ...

Over 35 years ago now, as the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of collapse and President George H.W. Bush worked to secure a peaceful conclusion to the Cold War, the political scientist Francis ...

This edition of the Lonely Planet guide to the USSR was published just as the Soviet Union collapsed. The book was published with a note saying that the due to events occuring at the time of going ...

The collapse of the USSR was a product of the unravelling of the post-war order and the intensification of the fundamental contradiction of capitalism between world economy and the bankrupt nation ...