YIVO will mark its 100th anniversary on March 24, approaching the digital age invigorated and ready to reach more Jews.

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong ...

A key adviser warned President John F. Kennedy after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 that the agency ...

Even 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification, Germany is a fragmented landscape of memories.

Learn about Hannes Meyer, the influential Bauhaus architect who championed cooperative design and challenged artistic norms.

There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

A fifth of the voters in Germany’s just-concluded elections voted for the neo-Nazi party Alternative für Deutschland, which wants to take the country out of the European Union.

Without historical context, which is buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand Ukraine. Historians will tell ...

On the other hand, Israeli sources denied prior knowledge of the talks, expressing concern about the potential outcomes of ...

The Africa programme analyses the geopolitics of the Africa-Europe relationship. In particular, the programme delves into ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...