In the height of the Cold War, a CIA agent named Sidney Gottlieb worked quietly to weaponize mind control against Soviet Russia. The story of Gottlieb and his mission to “find the best ways to destroy ...

BRATTLEBORO — How does U.S. foreign policy sow long seeds of instability, authoritarianism, migration, and resentment? That is the central question guiding Blowback, a provocative new speaker series ...

Re “What would the world be like with three superpowers?” by Stephen Kinzer (Ideas, June 15): From a physics perspective, a balance of forces is critical for stability. During NATO’s bombing of Serbia ...