Cold War

In the 1950s, during the Cold War, the Soviet Union introduced a new fighter plane called the MiG-15, which was a big threat to the United States. To protect their carriers, the U.S. Navy asked defense contractor Grumman for help. Grumman modified their existing F9F Cougar aircraft and created a…

Earlier this month, the Biden administration appointed Elliott Abrams to the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. The position is obscure but Abrams is not. During the last cold war, Abrams — more than perhaps any other U.S. official — used the language of human rights to excuse the crushing…

Updated July 12, 2023 at 12:13 AM Published July 11, 2023 at 4:33 PM VILNIUS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it would be “absurd” if Nato leaders gathering for a summit on Tuesday did not offer his country a timeframe for membership, and suggested the military alliance was not…

The Life and Times of Larry Williams, a new book by Lawrence Drake Williams, Jr. and co-authored by Mrs. Pam Williams Johnson, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. The Life and Times of Larry Williams is a memoir compiled from tapes, written stories, letters, and personal photographs, dutifully…

Nearly two decades after his death—and more than 30 years after his presidency—Ronald Reagan still plays a prominent role in the pageant of American politics: He is the hallowed cipher for a “strong” foreign policy. Politicians can invoke the fortieth president’s name to grant an imprimatur of “greatness” to current…

Artur Abramiv/Getty Images By Eli Becht/July 4, 2023 11:00 pm EST Following World War II, the Soviet Union began to experiment with more aircraft, and the Yakovlev Yak-28 has become one of their more famous examples. Due to its ability to wear several hats, it was used in a variety of…

“The day after Alfred Herrhausen’s murder, I wanted to make a film about it,” says German producer Gabriela Sperl. “Because I knew the official story we were being told just wasn’t the truth.” This was back in 1989 and Herrhausen, the charismatic chairman of the board of German financial giant…

Politics America needs to revive its long tradition of supporting domestic manufacturing. We are living through a historic inflection point—the passing of a decades-long economic obsession with maximized efficiency and unqualified free trade. Overseas, this obsession has prompted an explosion of economic growth and technological change. But here in the…

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 July 2023 / 4,172 Views Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed the PlayStation Plus monthly games for July 2023. The games will be available starting on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 until Monday, July 31, 2023. The three PlayStation Plus monthly games are Call of Duty: Black Ops…

Last month, the economist Jeffrey Sachs appeared on the Substack podcast Nonzero, hosted by the writer Robert Wright, to discuss American foreign policy failures in the post-Cold War world. Wright asked Sachs if he felt American journalism is in decline. Sachs—who, as the head of multiple UN nonprofits and director…