The call came at 11:30 to my home in Munich, Germany, on the night of Nov. 9, 1989, 45 years ago yesterday. As Chief Duty ...

And the Soviet empire behind the Iron Curtain, while also seen as a threat, emboldened Western countries to invest in a shining counter-model: social and liberal democracy. The system’s strength was ...

Everyone who realizes with proper alarm that Trump’s reëlection is a deeply dangerous moment in American life must think hard ...

Disillusionment with the world that emerged from the Cold War has fueled a long-gathering revolt against the established ...

Russia, in particular, is sowing chaos and undermining American citizens’ faith in their institutions, democracy, and ...

After the 1991 vote, an independent Ukraine sought to shed its Soviet past. For the full details of Ukraine's democracy and more recent history, tap the link below.

The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of ...

As democracy movements began gathering strength elsewhere on the fringes of the Soviet Union, Mongolians in the 1980s also started to push for freedom against a surprisingly lenient government.

In places like Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, Syria, and Eastern Europe we promoted democracy, freedom of conscience, and legal reform. Under both Republican and Democratic administrations ...

We stand with the people of Moldova,” Secretary Blinken declared, “as they continue their democratic, prosperous, and ...

“Trump,” you wrote, “is as American as apple pie.” The results of this election seem to confirm the idea that, far from the ...

Like Ukraine and Georgia, the former Soviet republic aspires to join the European Union but is caught in a constant ...