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Is COD Cold War Worth It? Cold War

Is COD Cold War Worth It?

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was released in November of 2020, but it wasn’t all that well received. While the reviews were generally quite favourable, the community behind Call of Duty was somewhat split, and a debate erupted as to whether or not Cold War was actually good.…
bubmag
August 23, 2022
Washington Is Gung-Ho for a New Cold War. But That’s a Bad Old Idea. Cold War

Washington Is Gung-Ho for a New Cold War. But That’s a Bad Old Idea.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. As China unleashed live-fire military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, simulating a real “reunification by force” operation in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ceremonial…
bubmag
August 9, 2022
Blinken visits Africa after Russian counterpart Lavrov as analysts worry of Cold War posturing Cold War

Blinken visits Africa after Russian counterpart Lavrov as analysts worry of Cold War posturing

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Africa on Sunday just weeks after his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov toured the continent where he placed blame for grain shortages tied to the war in Ukraine on the West. Photo courtesy Antony Blinken/Twitter Aug. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State…
bubmag
August 7, 2022
‘There’s no path out of economic oblivion for Russia’: new report reveals how corporate exodus has already wiped out decades of post-Cold War growth Cold War

‘There’s no path out of economic oblivion for Russia’: new report reveals how corporate exodus has already wiped out decades of post-Cold War growth

Over the past six months, Russia has fortified its economic defenses after Western countries pummeled it with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.  The Western sanctions and widespread corporate exodus from Russia since Feb. 24 have ravaged the Russian economy—and its future prospects look even bleaker, according to a new…
bubmag
August 4, 2022
How will Russia’s withdrawal affect the International Space Station? Cold War

How will Russia’s withdrawal affect the International Space Station?

It was hailed as a post-Cold War collaboration for the good of humanity: two old rivals joining forces to launch the International Space Station (ISS) more than 20 years ago.  "The International Space Station is regarded as the most complex engineering, scientific, collaborative human feat ever managed," boasts the U.S. National…
bubmag
July 27, 2022
Will There Be War With Russia? Cold War

Will There Be War With Russia?

Foreign Affairs Americans have played a leading role in what is shaping up as a Second Cold War. At the NATO summit in Madrid, Finland was invited to join the alliance. What does this mean for Finland? If Russian President Vladimir Putin breaches the 830-mile Finnish border, the United States…
bubmag
July 16, 2022