China did not avoid communist collapse by preserving the old model exactly as it was. Instead, it kept one-party political control while gradually opening parts of the economy, allowing private ...

During the Cold War, South Yemen became the only openly communist state in the Arab world. Backed by the Soviet Union, its leaders attempted to impose Marxist ideology on a society shaped by tribal ...

Since 1991, historians have been monumentally challenged to explain the collapse of the Soviet Union and Communist rule in Russia. But a deeper problem, less often addressed, is the real nature of the ...

The dissolution of the Soviet empire in Central and Eastern Europe and the demise of the Soviet Union have created unprecedented opportunities for social, political, and economic change in Europe and ...

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel marches during a rally to protest the killing of Cuban officers during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside the U ...

Three decades after Communism’s collapse, the Soviet mindset still shapes Russia’s politics, identity and future ...