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The Fall of the Soviet Union: How an Empire Chose to Collapse

Was the end of the USSR inevitable — or the result of human decisions? This video dissects the economic decay, political paralysis, and personal choices that brought down one of history’s superpowers.
The Washington Post

The brilliant immigrant who advised presidents and predicted the Soviet Union’s fall

In 1950, a 22-year-old émigré with an unpronounceable name living in a frigid Canadian city wrote a master’s thesis that predicted the fall of the Soviet Union — and helped to set in motion the ...