East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, and Hungary. Although geographically closer to the Soviet Union, these countries were also of significant interest to the United States ...

Large global powers set the tectonic shifts of geopolitics in motion. Small players have always had to figure out how to ...

led the communist bloc or the Eastern Bloc. Countries split on ideological lines—Korea into North and South in 1948, Germany into East and West in 1949 and Vietnam into North and South in 1954.

The Joint Summit of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) reported ...

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized ...

On 13 March, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced the termination and phased withdrawal of its ...

As Angola steps back from its role as mediator in the DRC's conflict, peace efforts face new uncertainties. Challenges such ...

If happiness is connected to larger anti-democratic trends, then America's future is dire ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo battled militiamen allied with the ...

Countries in North Africa and around the world are increasingly prioritizing a strict definition of sovereignty and tending ...

As the world’s largest trading bloc, by population and GDP, it comprises 15 countries and accounts for 30 per cent of global economic activity. A green trade arrangement could operate within the terms ...