Cold War

Movies IRONBARK is a Spy Thriller with Friendship at the Heart Give me an espionage thriller set anywhere between 1939 and 1970, preferably in the UK, and I’m in. It’s a time-tested genre and, as long as they employ certain tropes—secret meetings, razor’s edge tension, maybe a fedora or 90—they…

On the second night of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, two high-profile dramas premiered to packed houses at the Eccles Theater — but neither of them had a seat reserved for their lead actors. “Ironbark,” a historical drama about a mild-mannered business…

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) China and the United States may have laid down their arms for now in a trade truce, but their technological rivalry is very much still raging, raising the spectre of a high tech cold war.The coming battle played out this week in the corridors of the World…

(Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria charged three Russians for the attempted murder of an arms dealer in an investigation linked to the poisoning attack against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the U.K. Authorities in the Balkan state have been working with the U.K.…

Editors USA TODAY Published 9:30 AM EST Jan 23, 2020 House Dems resume case against Trump in impeachment trial Democratic impeachment managers will resume detailing their case against President Donald Trump on Thursday and are expected to focus on the Constitution and the legal grounds for his removal. The seven prosecutors, who are called managers,…

Key Point: The vulnerability issue is harder to address because putting 5,000 sailors and six dozen high-performance aircraft on a $10 billion warship creates what military experts refer to as a very "lucrative" target.Large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the signature expression of American military power.  No other combat system available to U.S. warfighters comes close to…

The United States has held two rounds of talks with Russia, aimed at reducing misunderstandings around critical security issues since the collapse of a Cold War nuclear pact last year -- which triggered fears of a new arms race. Washington has hinted that Beijing should also join the discussions.AFP|Last Updated:…

Key Point: The November-class submarined expanded Soviet influence, but at a cost. The United States launched the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, in 1954, revolutionizing undersea warfare. The Nautiluss reactor allowed it operate underwate…

Key point: The destruction of cities would deny the millions of injured, even those who might otherwise easily survive, even basic health care. What remains of governmentin any countrywould be hard pressed to maintain order in the face of dwindling food and e…

Interview with US CTO Michael Kratsios on the government's recent regulatory framework for AI, the potential for an AI cold war with China, and more (Nicholas Thompson/Wired)