Democracies failed attempt in Russia
The Soviet Union was already on the edge of disintegration in the late 1980s. The country's economy was strained by a costly military intervention...
Why would a peaceful country join NATO?
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a security alliance between Europe and North America. It was established in the 1949 having goals of...
Digital Authorianism in Russia
The Soviet Union was purportedly a sovereign socialist state inside a federal system, regulated by a series of constitutions. Until the late 1980s, however,...
Democratising Afghanistan
Afghanistan, a nation that was exploited during the Cold War, by both United States and Soviet Union, is now deeply in chaos due to...