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Soldiers march during a military parade marking 100th anniversary of the 1918 creation of the Czechoslovak state in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. 

How to train your dragoon: Part II

Critical State

From Egypt to Cuba to Indonesia, the Czechoslovak policy of exporting military equipment and training shaped the militaries of many new states around the world. Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into new research on this policy.

A large group of people are shown climbing on the Berlin Wall on the night it was opened.

Love, friendship, protest: 3 former East Germans reflect on the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years later

A part of the inner city of Berlin will be temporarily divided from November 7 to 9, 2014, with a light installation featuring 8,000 luminous white balloons to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here a woman walks in front of

During the Cold War, buying people from East Germany was common practice

Global Politics
A cover illustration for the Communist-era board game Burokratopoly, which is being re-launched by Berlin's DDR Museum.

To understand life in East Germany, all you need is this board game

Culture
Former actress and diplomat Shirley Temple Black reacts to being introduced as she sits with Rod Steiger and Marisa Tomei during the 70th annual Academy Awards March 23. Seventy former Oscar winners gathered on stage during the show. Temple Black won her

Shirley Temple Black’s life as a diplomat took her from velvet dresses to the Velvet Revolution

Arts, Culture & Media
Cuba Miami Dade College

When you’re bringing Cuban students to the US, how do you choose?

Development & Education

Many of the students who were brought from Cuba to the US to study are vocal critics of the Castro regime, leading some to think ideology played a big part in choosing who will be part of this new educational opportunity.

Keeping Up with the KGB Jennings: A New TV Spy Thriller, ‘The Americans’

Arts, Culture & Media

Tonight a new TV series, “The Americans,” premiers on FX. The show harkens back to the Cold War days. Anchor, Marco Werman talks with writer and co-creator of the series, Joe Weisberg.

The World

Arrest in Hungary Over War Crimes in 1956 Uprising

Conflict & Justice

Hungary this week detained the first senior communist party official accused of war crimes in crushing the 1956 uprising. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Veronika Gulyas of the Dow Jones news service, in Budapest.

Germany Questions West-to-East Aid

Global Politics

Since German reunification in 1990, trillions of dollars have flowed to what was once East Germany. But now in tough economic times, some in the former West now question whether the investment is worth it.

The World

Pope Urges Cubans to Search for “Authentic” Freedom

Global Politics

Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up his trip to Cuba on Wednesday. He preached “truth” and “freedom” at a mass before thousands in Havana’s Revolution Square.