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The article focuses on the conflicting ideas between two theologians Karl Barth and Reinhold Niebuhr concerning their political judgment of Russia's suppression in Hungary. It states that Niebuhr accuses the political judgment of Barth defective because of its eschatological characteristics and lack of principle. It also mentions that Barth chooses not to speak regarding the communists' action in Hungary which Niebuhr called as unsatisfactory move.

The article presents the author's insights on the victory of Bobby Fischer of U.S. against Boris Spassky of Soviet Union during the world chess game in Reykjavik, Iceland on September 1972. According to the author, Spassky's failure was not a disaster for Soviet Union because it was not a warfare. The author suggests that Soviet Union citizens should intensify personal competitiveness and scrape disciplined intellect to seek for self-comfort in cars, cuisine and water beds.

The article offers information on the 50th foundation anniversary celebration of the Soviet Union in 1967. It says that Russians celebrated the four-day holiday by eating at restaurants, shopping for luxuries like British tweeds and Italian shoes, and watching the parade which featured a new intercontinental ballistic missile. Meanwhile, Soviet Union's allies expressed their discontent like Chinese Defense Minister Lin Piao who accused the Soviet Union of restoring capitalism.

The article discusses a visit in 1959 by Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev to the U.S. and relations with his host president, Dwight Eisenhower. Topics include the Soviet landing of a rocket on the moon, Soviet threats against West Berlin, Germany, and Khrushschev's address to the United Nations during his tour.

The author discusses ekranoplans, which are described as wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) half-ships, half-airplanes, designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The article reviews the design concepts of the craft. The author states that the only manned ekranoplan was unable to achieve ground-effect flight and that very few were actually manufactured. The author states that the Soviet military overreached by attempting to design and construct gigantic machines instead of focusing on efficiency.

This article discusses the lessons from the Soviet Union military campaign against Mujahideen forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s. It details the operations launched by the Soviet 70th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade against the Mujahideen forces in the center of Panjwayee District, which is located 25 kilometers southwest of Kandahar City. It explains that the Soviet Union force was most vulnerable along the supply routes and the Mujahideen attacked this vulnerable point forcing the Soviet to end their campaign in Panjwayee District.

Presents a tactical vignette adapted from the book "The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahadeen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War," by Ali Ahmad Jalali and Lester Grau. Significance of studying the vignette to U.S. soldiers; Details of the attack of Afghan soldiers against the Soviet armored column in August 1981; Lessons learned from the Soviet experience in Afghanistan.

Focuses on the anti-Communist insurgency in Afghanistan. Issue of aid to anti-Communist guerrillas; Continuous bombing by aircraft of Soviet Union; Start of the United Nations-backed peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland; Domains of the Afghanistan problem.

The article argues in favor of the presentation made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger of intelligence report on Soviet military dispositions bearing on Poland in April 1981. It applauds the combination of personal authority and tact by Weinberger during the session held in Bonn, Germany. It argues that his emphasis on the danger of a Soviet invasion reflects his knowledgeability about strategic matters across the board. It criticizes the failure of the West to assess the real danger to Poland of a possible Soviet invasion.

The article deals with the observations of the author, who is a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, on issues related to human rights. He observed that Antisemitism is prevalent within the Commission as evidenced by the portrayal of Israel as a country without human rights. He also emphasizes the importance of the views of James Madison on human rights to understanding the U.S. concern with organized international terrorism. On the issue of self-determination, the author contends that the Soviet Union blatantly violated the sovereignty of Afghanistan.

The article assesses the impact of the struggle of the Polish workers on Communism in Poland in 1980. It argues that Communist leaders in Poland and throughout the Warsaw Pact are threatened by the vain resistance by independent trade unions. It also assesses the possibility that Poland would be invaded by the Soviet Union if the Polish situation turns to worst.

The article comments on the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. It states the doctrinal justification for the invasion of Afghanistan. It criticizes the response of the U.S. government under President Jimmy Carter to the invasion. It questions the Carter Doctrine in line with the vital interests of the U.S. An overview of the status of Afghanistan under the Soviet rule is provided.

This article focuses on the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan as of January 25, 1980. The Soviet government alleged purpose was to assist the Afghan government to resist attacks by gangs financed and armed by the U.S. and China. The Soviets immediately attempted to replace Hafizullah Amin with Communist leader Babrak Karmal. The Soviet regime hopes that a more benign administration in Afghanistan can put out the flames of national resistance. The author predicts however that the resistance to the Communist takeover will continue.

The article describes the visit made by Pope John Paul II in Poland in June 1979. It argues that his visit to his native country demonstrated his influence over the Poles and their indignation toward the Communist regime in Poland. It highlights his demand that all the children of pre-school aged have easy access to Jesus Christ. It also assesses the implications of his visit to his country for the Communist empire of the Soviet Union.

The article focuses on the transfer of Crimea from Russia to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1954 and the reasons behind it. It states that Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to mention that the gesture was on the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Pereyaslav of February 18, 1654, when Ukrainian Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnitsky swore allegiance to Tsar Alexei I of Russia. It mentions this was the start of the Russian military takeover of Ukraine.

The article presents the observations of lady in New York City when the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia. She noted the words of Czech author Ludvik Vaculik his "Manifesto of Two Thousand Words." The manifesto and the entry of Russian tanks in Prague were reported by Jerry Landay, a news commentator on Station WINS. She also presents some observations that she made when she went to several places of interest in New York City.

Argues against the belief that the death of Soviet communist Joseph Stalin weakens world communism. Characteristics of a Stalinist; Rehabilitation of politician and Marxist Leon Davidovich Trotsky along with changes in the political conditions of the Soviet Union; Emphasis of the elements of fratricidal strife in the country.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses the 1972 series of hockey games between professional hockey players from Canada and the Soviet Union.

The article focuses on Dubna, Russia. The town was the site of a nuclear physics research institute created by the former Soviet Union. The institute survived in a limited form after the Soviet Union collapsed. The government of Russia is attempting to remodel the institute and Dubna itself as a center for high technology industries such as nanotechnology.

The article describes the ordeals suffered by Soviet-born Canadians who returned to their homeland in the 1950's. At the height of the Cold War in 1955, the Soviet Union unleashed a propaganda campaign urging expatriates to return to their ancestral homes. Between 3,000 and 15,000 Canadians responded to the emotional appeal before it ended around 1960, with most of them finding themselves trapped, some for the rest of their lives, in a homeland they painfully learned was no longer a home.Among the victims was Boris Golik.In 1956, Golik, then 56, was enjoying a life of modest prosperity as a crane operator in Toronto, 27 years after leaving his Ukrainian village. Encouraged by the "Return to the homeland" propaganda and promised by Soviet diplomats in Ottawa that they could always go back to Canada, the Goliks sold their house, packed their things into 10 steamer trunks and left Canada on July 7. Reality blindsided them immediately. "He was completely shattered," says Golik's daughter, Nadia, a federal civil servant now living outside Ottawa. Anxious to return to Canada, Golik discovered it was difficult to exit his nightmare. It took him 17 years. Others had similar experiences. Meanwhile, Nadia Golik, who was 17 when her parents took her to the Soviet Union, began fighting to return "home." In 1972, Nadia, Jim and their Soviet spouses forced their way into the Canadian embassy and staged a three-day hunger strike, a month before the fabled hockey series, which helped draw media attention in Canada. According to Roberts, many returnees died of malnutrition, committed suicide or simply vanished.

Provides an interview with retired Colonel Vladimir Pesterev, who was commander of a motorized rifle division during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. His views on the military campaign against terrorism in Afghanistan; The dangers of a ground troop invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the North American Treaty Organization (NATO); Thoughts on how a war using only air strikes could work in Afghanistan; Perception of Russia's relationship with the U.S. and NATO.

Provides an interview with retired Colonel Vladimir Pesterev, who was commander of a motorized rifle division during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. His views on the military campaign against terrorism in Afghanistan; The dangers of a ground troop invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the North American Treaty Organization (NATO); Thoughts on how a war using only air strikes could work in Afghanistan; Perception of Russia's relationship with the U.S. and NATO.

Focuses on Afghan soldiers who supported the ten-year occupation of Afghanistan by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The estimated number of Afghans who fled to Russia; The stories of Mohammed Akbar Salveri, Mohammed Saber, and Gul Omar; How they feel abandoned by the country that they once saw as a savior.

The article emphasizes the importance of the role of the Afghan mujahedin in weakening the Soviet regime following the departure of Afghan President Mohammed Najibullah from power in 1992. His departure signaled the defeat of the Soviet enterprise in the country by Afghan mujahedins through U.S. support. The mujahedins contributed to the decline in the popularity of the Soviet system in the U.S. It is due to this reason that the free world owes the Afghan mujahehins a debt which can be reciprocated through economic assistance to Afghanistan.

Focuses on the possible remarks of Joseph Stalin about social and political condition in Russia. What he would say if he knew that all the prisoners were released in 1956; His orders if he knew that it was Leonid Khrushchev's fault.

The article reflects on the possible scenarios that would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union as of 1981. It argues that Communism would continue to expand worldwide unless the Soviet system itself collapses. It assesses the implications of the unrest and opposition to Soviet domination by the Poles for the stability of the Soviet satellite states. It warns on the threat posed by the anti-Communist activities in Poland to the Soviet Union. It also describes the dilemma being faced by the Soviet Union should it orders a nuclear strike or an invasion of Poland.

The article argues that the U.S. should take the offensive strategy to exploit the weakness of the Soviet Union and to oppose the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. A description of the reception given by the Soviet Union to the 1959 visit by Richard Nixon who was the U.S. Vice President at that time, is presented. It explores the impact of publicity on lawlessness and corruption in the case of Soviet leaders. It presents foreign policy initiatives to exploit Soviet weakness.