Ukrainian forces claim to have stopped Russia’s advance into the northern Sumy region, stabilizing the front line near the ...

After US strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran, social media has been flooded with memes about a world war starting.

Explore the complex dynamics of the Middle East Cold War, a modern geopolitical struggle between regional powers like Saudi Arabia and Iran. This clear and concise explainer unpacks the key ...

Of course, the contexts are different — Ukraine is a sovereign democracy facing a conventional invasion, not a civil war driven by Cold War proxy rivalries. But the quandaries of loyalty ...

Brenes: The Cold War led to the fall of communism, but it also was a period in which the United States and the Soviet Union waged bloody proxy wars throughout the world. The United States engaged in ...

Today, however, virtually everyone in Washington seems to favor war. So it is with the Russo–Ukrainian conflict. Donald Trump’s desire to end the fighting has caused barely suppressed horror.

But it’s the nature of proxy wars that proxies don’t always do their sponsor’s bidding. Hamas seems to have attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, without Iran’s permission.

Germany emerged from the Cold War with more than 2,000 bunkers, although most of these have since been decommissioned. ... Proxy wars and direct wars are not the same thing.

During the cold war (1947-1991), central, eastern and southern African countries served as fertile grounds for proxy wars. The superpowers found it necessary to expand their spheres of influence.