Nuclear armament of the U.S. and the USSR in the 1940s; establishment of NATO and the Warsaw Pact; the Space Race; the Cuban Missile Crisis; glasnost and perestroika in the USSR; the fall of the Berlin Wall; the collapse of the USSR

without the threat of US force to repel Moscow’s aggression. It might seem odd Europe has never thought it needed to defend itself alone since the end of the Cold War. But their NATO alliance is founded on mutual benefits: it was behind Britain’s ...

Moscow has denigrated the United States’ leadership, economy and culture — but now things are changing amid a “revival” of Russia-U.S. relations.

But it is the eastern flank of Europe has always shouted the loudest about Russia. History and geography means they have to make some noise. With Washington now talking about peace with Moscow, Ukraine’s acceptance, and a Europe that has lost its values, those in the east are shouting even louder.

American GM Hans Niemann has accepted Russian GM Daniil Dubov’s challenge to prove his innocence in cheating scandal.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died on Thursday in Moscow.