Cold War

In the wake of the second world war, Russia and the West feared the domino effect of enfeebled countries like Albania falling into the clutches of imperialist capitalism or communism. Each side deployed literature as a frontline force in their struggle. – The…

As long as the United States has had nuclear weapons, its wanted to nuke things. The list has includedbut is not limited tocities, beer bottles, salt mines, hurricanes, the moon. Yesterday, Axios reported that President Trump suggested using a nuke to stop a …

Sunday night, Axioss Jonathan Swan broke news that Donald Trumpamong his many often random musingsappears to have considered one of the worst-but-most-persistent ideas in public policy: Nuking hurricanes. The idea has evidently surfaced multiple times in the…

Trade wars are rarely good and never easy to win, but theyre a lot costlier and harder to win when were going against a country like China. The Peoples Republic of China is an undemocratic state with a centrally planned economy run by the Communist Party. Mo…

A test medium-range ground-launched cruise missile exits its ground mobile launcher at the US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los Angeles, California. (Photo: The Defence Department of US via Deutse Welle) After the dissolution of the Col…

Used as a propaganda tool by the Nazis and Soviets during the Second World War and Cold War, the remains of a 10th century male, unearthed beneath Prague Castle in 1928, have been the subject of continued debate and archaeological manipulation. The mysteriou…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over "statements by U.S. officials on their plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles," according to the request seen by Reuters.Moscow and …

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean spokesman said on Thursday the United States’ recent mid-range cruise missile test and plans to deploy F-35 jets and offensive military equipment around the Korean peninsula were “dangerous” moves that would “trigger a new col…

(Adds quote, background) By Olesya Astakhova and Anne Kauranen HELSINKI, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the United States was now in a position to deploy a new land-based cruise missile in Romania and Poland, a sc…

Americas nuclear-weapons policy is worse than you think, says Nukemap creator Alex Wellerstein. He argues that the Cold War-era arms we once feared were never really dismantledtheyve just been adapted to the new geopolitical situation instead. Wellerstein jo…