After the Soviet Union broke up, NATO began forming friendships with former Soviet countries that were becoming independent states. Many of those countries eventually joined NATO.

International borders have changed dramatically over the centuries. In some cases entire countries have been erased from the map. We’ve compiled a list of examples from the 19th-21st centuries ...

It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 into 15 separate countries. And what a ride it’s been. The West has reaped the fruits of the USSR’s loss, expanding NATO to ...

These are some of the newest countries on the map, with one of the newest only being established in 2011.

Drawing on graph paper with blue grid background and a black outline of the Soviet Union at lower right with rectilinear border added in graphite. Above, four additional representations of the Soviet ...

After the Soviet Union crumbled in the early 1990s, something altogether eerie was discovered. Hundreds and thousands of maps of countries and cities throughout the world had been drawn up by ...

A senior Vladimir Putin ally has warned NATO that Russia's conquest of Ukraine is just the first step in its goal to reassert control over its former empire and reconstitute the Soviet Union ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet military undertook a secret mapping program that’s only recently come to light in the West. Military cartographers created hundreds of thousands of maps and ...

China affirms that it respects the sovereignty of former Soviet republics after a Chinese ambassador caused a stir with remarks suggesting otherwise.

Energy Tax Reform in Russia and Other Former Soviet Union Countries Dale Gray The taxation of oil and gas production and consumption has become an important fiscal issue in most countries of the ...

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

The Chinese government said Monday it respected the sovereignty of former Soviet Union republics after Beijing’s ambassador to France caused an uproar in Europe by saying they weren’t ...