Explore the history of politics, where power, ideology, and leadership defined the strategies that shaped nations and civilizations across the ages.
The Pazzi Conspiracy was a failed coup organized by the Pazzi family to overthrow Medici rule in 15th-century Florence.
Admired and feared, Huey Long was a politician whose daring policies made him a target for assassination.
The Bandung Conference was the first large-scale political conference composed of newly decolonized countries aiming to define their role in the Cold War international order.
Absolute monarchy represents a state where rulers have absolute political and military power, and the common laws and constitutions do not apply to them.
Here are all the presidents of the United States in chronological order, from George Washington to Donald Trump.
The story of the United States is one of political compromise regarding the very principle the nation was founded on: that all men are created equal.
Henry Kissinger was a highly controversial diplomat involved in some of the most deeply consequential actions taken by the US in 20th-century Latin America.
In the 1990s, Russia and the United States worked together on the Shuttle-Mir program. Here’s how it paved the way for space exploration today.