John Scali Has Lunch With a Soviet Spy—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day ElevenOctober 26, 2026By James M. Lindsay
Adlai Stevenson Dresses Down the Soviet Ambassador to the UN—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Ten October 25, 2026By James M. Lindsay
Here’s How Much Aid the United States Has Sent UkraineOctober 23, 2026By Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow
Expert TakeEscalate, Negotiate, or Wait: Trump’s Iran Options After the MidtermsOctober 23, 2026By James M. Lindsay
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Warns President John F. Kennedy of “Catastrophic Consequences”—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day EightOctober 23, 2026By James M. Lindsay
President John F. Kennedy Tells the World That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba-Cuban Missile Crisis, Day SevenOctober 22, 2026By James M. Lindsay
Expert TakeTrump’s Putin Overtures Deserve Criticism. But Outrage Won’t End the Ukraine War.October 21, 2026By Thomas Graham
President John F. Kennedy Prepares to Tell the Nation About Soviet Missiles in Cuba—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Six October 21, 2026By James M. Lindsay
President John F. Kennedy Fakes a Fever—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day FiveOctober 20, 2026By James M. Lindsay
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Three: Foreign Minister Gromyko Lies KennedyOctober 18, 2026By James M. Lindsay
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Two: Kennedy Solicits Eisenhower’s AdviceOctober 17, 2026By James M. Lindsay
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day One: Kennedy Learns That Soviet Missiles Are in CubaOctober 16, 2026By James M. Lindsay
Expert TakeTrump’s ‘Diesel Deal’ With Russia Was Just the StartOctober 15, 2026By Stephen Sestanovich
Expert TakeThe Autonomous Weapons Debate (Still) Has a Definition ProblemOctober 14, 2026By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn
Major Richard S. Heyser’s U-2 Mission Discovers Soviet Missiles in CubaOctober 14, 2026By James M. Lindsay
Why U.S. Borrowing Costs Keep Climbing Despite Treasury’s EffortsOctober 12, 2026By Benn Steil, Rebecca Patterson, Sebastian Mallaby and Brad W. Setser