the end of the Soviet Union and its autarkic national economy foreshadowed the transformation or collapse of all parties and institutions based on national economic regulation. The ICFI explained ...

This year—25 years after the Soviet Union’s collapse—I went back again, to meet these young people like Sasha. Who are they? What do they want from their lives? What do they want for Russia?

This academic change encompassed almost all international economics research, except in the Soviet Union where most economists either emigrated or were repressed. As a result, there were few if ...

The series is inspired by the real geopolitical conflict that arose between the Soviet Union, Sweden, and the United States in 1981, escalating the tense situation at the height of the Cold War.