Why did Khrushchev place Soviet missiles in Cuba?
Consider the Soviet viewpoint to understand how the Cuban Missile Crisis began.
Entries by Justin Ng
What caused the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979?
Find out what happened in the Sino-Vietnamese War, which later affected the developments of the Third Indochina War.
What are the five regional groups of the United Nations General Assembly?
Learn more about regional groups that are formed in the General Assembly.
Why did Albania leave the Warsaw Pact?
Find out more about the reasons and impacts of Albania’s expulsion from the Warsaw Pact in 1962.
What is Ronald Reagan’s Tear Down This Wall speech about?
Learn more about Reagan’s speech in Berlin that was made two years before the defining end of the Cold War.
What was the end result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Consider the implications of the Cuban Missile Crisis on the involved parties after October 1962.
Did the Korean War end in a stalemate?
Find how what happened on 27 July 1953 that impacted the history of a divided Korea.
How did Margaret Thatcher influence the end of the Cold War?
Find out how the ‘Iron Lady’ helped to bring about the end of the Cold War in the 1980s.
What are the Points of Agreement of 1990?
Find out more about the 1990 political agreement made between Singapore and Malaysia over the railway land owned by the KTM.
Why was the Solidarity movement important?
Find out more about the rise of the Solidarnosc that brought about the fall of the Iron Curtain.