The Crimean War (1853–1856) pitted the Russian Empire against an alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire, and later Sardinia. Fought over influence, territory, and balance of power, it became ...

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its long history either... Word of the Week: Crimea's tumultuous history shrouds ...

Late Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny once famously said that Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, which has been under Russian control since 2014, is not "a ham sandwich" to be passed around. Its ...

Crimea has emerged as the central obstacle to ending the war in Ukraine. But for the strategic peninsula, being at the nexus of great power competition is nothing new. At the northern end of the Black ...