Cold War

Mark Leonard surveys the ample evidence that geopolitics is fully replacing the post-Cold War project of globalization...Read More

Reuters NowPosted 05/27 The United States is not trying to block China from growing its economy, but will work to compel the country to stick to international rules, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday, in a long-awaited speech on the Biden administration's strategy to address China's rise…

If there's a new cold war brewing and both China and the United States are trying to get African countries on their side, it's clear where Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allegiance lies. In his latest column in the local Sunday Mail newspaper, the 79-year-old president slammed the West and lavished…

Washington, DC – Despite the current focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China poses the “most serious long-term challenge to the international order”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. In a major speech delivered at George Washington University in Washington, DC on Thursday, Blinken unveiled the United States’…

In his new book, Terreur en Bevryding, historian Leopold Scholtz tells the story of how the South African Communist Party (SACP) was one of the Soviet government’s most loyal foreign cells, outperforming all other communist parties in adherence to Moscow’s dictates. Scholtz further elaborates how the SACP was, and quite…

Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles. Shutterstock (2)She’s a fan! Shortly after Harry Styles dropped his highly anticipated third studio album, Olivia Wilde is just like Us — and already listening to its hits on repeat. “🙌,” the Booksmart director, 38, captioned a Friday, May 20, Instagram Story clip of a scene from the 2018…

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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…