Cold War

When a wildfire broke out in the Müritz National Park of north-eastern Germany in July, it was no routine firefighting job. Bomb disposal teams had to work alongside firefighters because the forest floor is contaminated with Cold War-era munitions. Crews could not approach parts of the blaze directly for fear…

What would happen if the whole world, 7 billion people, learned all at once that they are not alone in the universe? That’s the premise of Steven Spielberg’s recent movie Disclosure Day. Two factions with different answers to this question battle it out across multiple chase scenes in cars, trains,…

Europe spent three decades behaving as if major war on the continent was increasingly unlikely. The peace dividend allowed governments to redeploy money from tanks to welfare systems, while defence industries learned to live with lower volumes and slower procurement cycles. Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine have dismantled that…

Apple TV Apple TV has premiered the official trailer for “Mayday,” the upcoming action buddy comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy ‘Assassin’ Kelly (Branagh) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation…

Synopsis A three-decade-old family pact dividing the Vadilal ice cream brand is now a legal battleground. The Mumbai branch has sued the Ahmedabad branch in Bombay High Court, seeking to prevent interference with its ice cream and juice business. Allegations of sabotage and failed buyout attempts fuel the dispute, with…

How It Will Affect 2027 Elections Have you noticed that there is a cold war albeit tacitly between the Yorubas and Igbo people? This cold war has been ongoing for a long time, but it is now escalating between the two tribes with the 2027 general elections heating up. The…

The Cold War was fought with armies, missiles, and political influence, but some of its most important battles took place in secret. Across Europe, North America, and the Soviet Bloc, intelligence agencies waged a shadow war that lasted for decades. Operatives infiltrated governments, military programs, and diplomatic circles, often working…

A new biography from one of his students examines Richard Pipes, the historian and Cold Warrior. The post The Russianist appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

Eighteen Republicans voted with Democrats Thursday to send more aid to Ukraine and provide weapons from Pentagon stockpiles despite House leadership urging them to vote against it. The legislation passed in a 226 to 195 vote, which would allocate $8 billion in direct loans to Ukraine and allow the U.S.…

The 1990s were a unique but also extremely weird decade in the context of conspiracy theories. The Cold War was over, and The X-Files was making a huge splash on nighttime TV. People were discovering dial-up internet and reading all kinds of things online, especially in chat rooms where wild…