Col. Gen. Sergei Beseda marched forward until he saw cameras flashing, then shuffled awkwardly and offered a tight smile. One ...

He famously said the mission of a hit squad sent by Pyongyang in 1968 was to “slit the throat” of the South Korean dictator ...

"The Amateur" is a somber and twisty espionage thriller that updates the classic Cold War themes of Robert Littell’s 1981 novel for a modern, post-surveillance era. Directed by James Hawes, the film ...

Wisner’s OSS experience in Cairo, Istanbul and Bucharest shaped the ardent and energetic cold warrior’s CIA career. In Romania, his interactions with his counterparts of our then Soviet ally convinced ...

Frank Wisner’s career in espionage began in World War II, but his legacy was the creation of a CIA department that aimed to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Billed as a “flirty” Cold War spy drama, the BBC and ZDF's Honey sounded a ... the new Head of Counter Espionage ...

In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...

Their trial remains controversial today. But court records made public in recent years through a judge’s order cast doubt on the conventional narrative of a Cold War espionage case that captivated the ...

State-backed espionage in Britain is at its worst since the Cold War, a counter-terror commander has warned after a cell was convicted of spying for Russia. Six ...

a secret Cold War-era initiative under the US Defence Intelligence Agency. It was an offshoot of earlier psychic intelligence-gathering programs like Stargate Project, which sought to harness supposed ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Walden Media and Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures are bringing the real-life Cold War espionage drama Billion Dollar Spy to the big screen, with Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey set to star. The film ...