Cold War

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Fires, floods, a pandemic and the existential threat of nuclear catastrophe; the world is a scary place these days. And if you're feeling anxious, it may comfort you to know that one of Canberra's most iconic buildings has a massive, solidly-built nuclear bunker ready to give shelter. University House, the…

Around 8,000 British soldiers are due to be sent to eastern Europe to take part in military exercises designed to combat Russian aggression. The deployment - which is one of the largest to take place since the Cold War - will see troops placed in countries from Finland to North…

Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine is shaping up to be a seminal moment in the history of American foreign policy. Like many events before it—the war in Vietnam, the Cold War, the invasion of Iraq—this crisis will have the chance to determine the way the United States understands its role…

by William Bianco — April 14, 2022 The French, Russian and U.S. flags are seen during an ISS crew press conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in 2016. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls International cooperation and the future of the International Space Station Russia’s war with Ukraine has created an…

One of the best apocryphal quips from the Cold War was attributed to Henry Kissinger. In 1973, the then–Secretary of State is said to have cast doubt on the possibility of Europeans uniting to assume leadership for their own security with a famous question: “Who do I call if I…

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made it clear that what Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s called “the cold peace” has given way to Cold War II. Read Full Article » Read More

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part interview with Gao Yunxiang, a professor of history at Ryerson University and author of the new book “Arise, Africa! Roar China!: Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century.” Part one, on the ties between African American and…

BERLIN — The European Union’s normal course of action is to muddle through. But Russia’s war against Ukraine has snapped the 27-member body to attention.  Many European countries had let down their guard after the end of the Cold War seemed to usher in an era free of conflict on…