Cold War

WARSAW (Reuters) - On a frigid morning in January, Polish internal security officers entered the Warsaw apartment of a foreign businessman, confiscated photographs, seized his electronic devices and detained him. The allegations leveled against him were sensa…

WARSAW  On a frigid morning in January, Polish internal security officers entered the Warsaw apartment of a foreign businessman, confiscated photographs, seized his electronic devices and detained him. The allegations levelled against him were sensational: An…

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US President Donald Trump to "show flexibility" towards North Korea, including the "timely" easing of sanctions, at the G20 summit last week, China's foreign minister said Tuesday. Xi visited North Korea prior to meeting Tr…

Editor’s note: Lisa Ruth Rand was the winner of the 2018–19 NASA/AHA Fellowship in Aerospace History. On a March day during the final weeks of the heated 2019 Indian election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a startling announcement—the Indian space progr…

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Deniss Metsavas served for many years with the Estonian Defense Forces and was, at the same time, a Russian spy. In this video for The Atlantic, Metsavas describes how he was recruited by Russian intelligence using komproma…

Huawei Lifeline Shows Trump Prefers Business Deals Over Cold War - Bloomberg

President Donald Trump has never been afraid to stir up a tempest, which is why he has already indicated that this weekend he will be discussing the political crisis gripping Hong Kong with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minist…

(WASHINGTON) — Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cited an awkward encounter with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law in a Washington restaurant as an example of diplomacy being conducted behind his back when he was in the administration, according to a …

South Asian countries are often at odds with each other for political, economic, and emotional reasons. The conflicts are a frustrating contrast to the promise of the region. Covering only 3.5% of Earth's landmass, but inhabited by 23.7% of humanity, the regi…

UnitedHealth Group added PatientsLikeMe, a Cambridge, MA-based social network startup that connects patients to others with similar health conditions, to its growing menagerie of acquired firms, per CNBC. Business Insider Intelligence PatientsLikeMe has b…