He knew the layout of the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the source of the water that cools its reactors, and the high-voltage cables that move its electricity. He knew where a shell had rec

After World War II, America and its allies put in place a set of alliances, institutions and power structures to rebuild war-ravaged countries, create geopolitical stability and generate global econom

During a highly charged presidential campaign, a bomb explodes, unleashing panic and a wave of recriminations. Then a Chinese Y-8 reconnaissance aircraft vanishes in Taiwan’s eastern waters. Under the

A prolonged conflict, a modified Treaty of Versailles and no League of Nations may have transpired without direct American involvement

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When General Francisco Franco died on 20 November 1975 – 39 years after the start of the brutal civil war that brought him to power – the prospect of a bloodless transition to democracy in Spain appea