From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

In the 1950s the U.S. carried out a pivot from Asia to Europe – despite the outbreak of the Korean War. Trump can learn from ...

In the history of modern states, no person has been able to convert their wealth into such global political influence. By ...

In defiance of the demands of historians, Holocaust survivors and public opinion, Canada’s Liberal government is suppressing ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... “No NATO allies have gone to war since the birth of NATO (in 1949),” he told the BBC. Mr Lammy said Mr Trump’s remarks ...

A multipolar world is emerging where a number of countries of the global South are now using their growing economic power and ...

Switzerland became one of the first Western countries to recognise the newly founded People's Republic of China.

First established in 1949 in the aftermath of World War II, NATO’s strength lies in its powerful alliances across the Western World. Originally focused on combatting the growing influence of the ...

Alliance, war, betrayal, and then alliance all over again — this was the recurring theme of the 1930s and the 1940s. In these ...

International history encompasses the ... established primarily after World War II. NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance formed in 1949 for mutual defense against ...

And it has brought about the expansion and reinvigoration of NATO, with Sweden and Finland ... S.C.M. Paine is a university professor of history and grand strategy at the US Naval War College ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.