Cold War

Last week, Page Six reported that Sofia Coppolas latest film was under siege by a local florist. As the story goes, they refused to allow her production team to film in their location after the day rate offered was $300. The florist, Page Six was told, needed…

No matter how universally acclaimed a piece of pop culture is, its never going to sit well with everyone. In the case of HBOs Chernobylseries, the Russian government took issue with the dramatization of the 1986 nuclear disaster. They believe that the show ha…

Cold War Steve

Canada's spy service destroyed a Cold War dossier on Pierre Trudeau in 1989 instead of turning it over to the national archives, The Canadian Press has learned. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says the secret file on the former prime minister was …

This week, President Donald Trump once again found himself defending his stance on accepting campaign help from a foreign government. The latest round of debate on the issue began Wednesday, when Trump said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos that he t…

If Mr. Prices books never became blockbusters, they did garner critical praise. He does not yet enjoy the same degree of fame as John le Carré, Len Deighton or Frederick Forsyth, John Gross wrote in The New York Times in 1986, reviewing Here Be Monsters, but…

By Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City, and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. His latest book is “and forgive them their debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption from B…

The Cold War Bunkers of Albania (21 photos)

Far too often, pundits and politicians alike make the case that America should avoid another cold war, this time with China.  There is a problem with this argument. America doesn’t get to choose whether or not to start another cold war.  Just as it was not Am…

Video of a Russian destroyer coming within about 20 yards of a U.S. warship last Friday showed more than just a close encounter between great powers in the Philippine Sea. Close observers of the video quickly spotted what appeared to be Russian sailors sunbat…