Can a country legally buy another country? What’s the argument for trying to buy it? And, is the rationale rooted in reality?

The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining ...

Though the president-elect's rhetoric is unusual, for over a century a succession of US presidents have tried to gain control ...

America’s 20th and 19th century expansionists would have been delighted by the president-elect’s proposed land grab.