A few years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the national capital was moved to Astana. Losing that revered status was a wake-up call for the city. Rather than sulk about the snub ...

Photo: Brandon Bell/Pool via Reuters To read the American press in recent months is to encounter a feeling reminiscent of the Soviet Union in 1988. At that time, the Communist Party was in the ...

During the 1990s and early 2000s, the world witnessed an explosion in trade and capital flows at the global level. This explosive growth, especially in emerging markets, has been fueled by changes in ...

play Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union In 1985 Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Soviet Union at the age of 54. Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Soviet ...

And why have the rich nations of the world not explained to other nations how indispensable a formal property system is to capital formation? Walk down most roads in the Middle East, the former Soviet ...

With the future of the Soviet Union hanging in the balance ... In a struggle for control of the capital, Stalin blocks entry to allied-occupied West Berlin. The US responds with an 11-month ...

A string of pits covers the plain about 1,200 kilometers east of the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator ... the enemy made up of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Japan suffered a devastating ...