Expert of Eastern European and Russian affairs and Director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute Dr. Michael Kimmage joins ...

The iron curtain was a boundary that divided Europe from the end of the second world war in 1945 to the late 1980s/early 1990s, during the Cold War ... line between the Communist bloc and ...

One by one, Communist governments loyal to Moscow seized power in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Soviet Communism soon dominated Eastern Europe. The Cold War had begun.

to try to stop them becoming communist. The mistrust and suspicion of each other led to a series of tense stand-offs throughout the Cold War. Find out everything you need to know about the 2025 ...

The end of the Cold War The Communist government in Russia disintegrated due to economic pressures, the war in Afghanistan and revolt in Eastern Europe. Both Gorbachev and Reagan played major ...

By deftly manipulating the opportunities afforded Cuba by the Cold War, he managed to turn his ... forces and betrayed by Soviet-run Communist parties the world over. Most poignantly, in Bolivia ...

The event would cause a chain reaction of anti-Communist sentiments throughout the West. Canada had little chance to choose sides in the Cold War. The country was seated beside the United States ...