Letter to USSR Minister of Defense on the Situation in Afghanistan, 13 August 1987. By Colonel K. Tsagolov To Candidate Member of the Politburo of the CC CPSU USSR Minister of Defense Comrade Dmitry Timofeevich Yazov Moscow, USSR Ministry of Defense The Afghan problem continues to attract attention in the sphere of international affairs. It … Read more

How Google’s open-ended maps are embroiling the company in some of the world’s touchiest geopolitical disputes. One fateful day in early August, Google Maps turned Arunachal Pradesh Chinese. It happened without warning. One minute, the mountainous border state adjacent to Tibet was labeled with its usual complement of Indian place-names; the next it was sprinkled … Read more