Even after the collapse of the Eastern European Stalinist regimes in 1989, it was widely assumed that the Soviet Union would continue for decades to come. ..…

It may even be said to be looking for, perhaps demanding or even buying, cannon fodder (and sinews of war and occupation) among both the cautious governments that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has labeled Europe” and the mainly eastern European countries we might call the “new-old..…

In fact, having icons is among the few indicators of religiosity on which Central and Eastern European Orthodox Christians surpass Orthodox Ethiopians in surveys. ... But environmentalism seems to be a widespread value across the Central and Eastern European region as a..…

The rest of this chapter explores data on religious practices in the in more detail, including the religious upbringing of children whether adults consult traditional religious healers, tarot cards or horoscopes and the frequency with. ..…

By many standard measures, this region is less religious the wide reach of religion is in the low share of respondents across the region. ..…

German and Russian leaders have scaled back contacts while Moscow’s ties with the European Union have deteriorated to a post-Cold War low mainly over the Ukraine conflict. . Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking eastern regions have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia forces and the..…

In the former Soviet republics surveyed that do not have Orthodox majorities, adults are much more likely to say it is more important to have strong ties with the European Union over Russia. .   . Topics: Eastern Europe, Religion and Society, Religious Affiliation, Religion and Government,..…

Arab states had blocked Israel from membership in the Asia-Pacific Group, which includes other Middle Eastern states. Israel was made a temporary member of the Western European and Others Group in 2000 by the United States and some European countries. . ..…

Russia has been targeted by a series of sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union for allegations that Moscow is arming and supporting pro-Russian forces fighting in eastern Ukraine. . ..…

This December 17, 2015 file photo shows militants, hiding in a concrete pipe in the area of Marj al-Sultan's military airport, three days after it was recaptured by the Syrian troops in the militant-held region of Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus. ... The lowest figures belong to the..…

The vast majority of Haredi and Dati men wear a yarmulke or some other kind of head covering (in public, some Haredim prefer a fedora or a shtreimel, an Eastern European fur hat). ..…

Poor Eastern European members are grateful for U.S. support of their inclusion in NATO and ever hopeful for American financial aid. ..…

Similar trends have occurred in Eastern European countries that were outside the USSR, including Poland, Hungary, Romania and several other nations. ..…

US solidarity with Europe always matters but it matters especially now that Russia is challenging Europe’s eastern borders. By failing to assist Europe, the president allows Eastern European leaders like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to drift ever closer to the Russian orbit and to..…

Bad feelings about Roosevelt’s policy of cooperation with Stalin persist in the rest of Eastern Europe, too, especially in Poland, which, unlike the other Eastern European countries, never collaborated with the Nazis. ... The problem was that, in his reluctance to make allowances..…

As of the end of 1941, Eastern European of Jews was under the rule of single state for the time and that state was Nazi Germany. ..…

Richard Pipes, the author of monumental, sharply polemical series of historical works on Russia, Russian Revolution and Bolshevik regime, and adviser to Reagan on Soviet and Eastern European policy, died on Thursday at home near his Cambridge, Mass. ... With Reagan's over President Jimmy..…