Cold War
Disarmament experts urge Europe to help halt 'Cold War 2.0': German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Disarmament experts have urged Europe to be vocal in helping to halt what they regard as a new Cold War in which global powers have embarked on a new conventional and nuclear arms race, Germany's foreign minister said on Wednesday.<p>Sigmar Gabriel was briefing reporters after …
World NewsCold War: If Russia and the U.S. Had Gone to War, Who Would Have Won?
Perhaps it's wrong to be nostalgic for thermonuclear annihilation, but there are times when I miss the Cold War. Yes, it was a nerve-wracking time …
Board GamesThe Stand Revisited Over 20 years Later
<i>(Welcome to Nostalgia Bomb, a series where we take a look back on beloved childhood favorites and discern whether or not they’re actually any good.</i> …
Soviet UnionNorth Korea crisis tests Cold War's nuclear deterrence doctrine
The doctrine of nuclear deterrence, put to the test in the standoff between Washington and Pyongyang, dates to the Cold War when the world’s two …
20th CenturyUS-North Korea crisis tests Cold War's nuclear deterrence doctrine
PARIS: The doctrine of nuclear deterrence, put to the test in the standoff between Washington and Pyongyang, dates to the Cold War when the world's …
North KoreaYes, Trump is a Threat to Liberal Democracy. And You Should be Worried. - Lawyers, Guns & Money
On Friday, the <i>The New York Times</i> published an opinion piece by Samuel Moyn and David Prieston entitled “Trump isn’t a Threat to Our Democracy. …
DemocracyAs Rhetoric Ramps Up, Are Today's Kids Worried About Nuclear War?
I am of that generation of Americans — Russians, too, I think — who grew up squatting under our school desks to practice how to survive a nuclear blast. "Duck and cover" was an actual jingle about Bert the Turtle, a cartoon character in a black and white civil defense film that was considered …
News (U.S.)A nuke dropping on Seattle? Old news. We spent the Cold War years preparing
A bit worried about a North Korean nuclear bombs dropping on Seattle? We’ve been through this drill before — for at least three decades during the …
WarAvoiding war with China
Many American leaders have grown cavalier about nuclear war, but there is risk of a devastating conflict with China<p>Let’s not kid ourselves. The armed forces of the United States and China are now very far along in planning and practicing how to go to war with each other.<p>Neither has any idea when or …
Liberal ViewWhy we need to start worrying and fear the bomb
Opinion: As North Korea and America ratchet up tensions, there are Cold War echoes—a fear that must be harnessed to deter every kind of war<p><i>Spencer</i> …
North KoreaMen jailed for growing multi-million pound cannabis factory in a Cold War nuclear bunker
Three men who ran a multi-million pound cannabis factory in an abandoned Cold War nuclear bunker have been jailed.<p>The factory - found during a …
20th CenturyNuclear Imperialism and Extended Deterrence
<i>Published in 1982,</i> Exterminism and Cold War<i> collects essays on nuclear weapons and the Second Cold War written in response to E.P. Thompson's</i> …
GeopoliticsIndia has Cold War mentality, govt misleading people: Ex-China envoy on Doklam
Zhou Gang, a former Chinese ambassador to India, said that Indian officials were distorting information and that New Delhi suffers from a Cold War …
IndiaWill President Trump implement new sanctions against Russia? - SELİN NASİ
SELİN NASİ >Will President Trump implement new sanctions against Russia?<p>U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval of new sanctions against Russia has …
RussiaComment on Cheer up! by Timberwoof
I struck me this morning that since we Leftists tend to be concentrated in the cities and the Rightists tend to be dispersed all over the flyover …
Soviet UnionSlouching toward Mar-a-Lago
The post-Cold-War consensus collapses<p>Like it or not, the president of the United States embodies America itself. The individual inhabiting the White House has become the preeminent symbol of who we are and what we represent as a nation and a people. In a fundamental sense, he is us.<p>It was not …
Liberal ViewMysterious signals still 'buzzing' from Russian Cold War radio station - and nobody knows why
What is The Buzzer?<p>Conspiracy theorists have become enthralled by a mysterious Russian radio station that has been broadcasting a ghostly droning …
HistoryIf this were the Cold War, America would be poised to lose
In retrospect, the battle lines of the Cold War — the West, NATO and democracy on one side; the East, the Warsaw Pact and dictatorship on the other — seem obvious and inevitable. The outcome — the collapse of the U.S.S.R. — feels now as if it were preordained. But at many moments in the …
OpinionNato says Russia ties most 'difficult' since Cold War
August 04, 2017 9:58 AM<br>WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday (Aug 3) that ties between the alliance and Moscow …
RussiaWhy Canada would be directly in the way of a North Korean nuclear war
Now that North Korea has developed missiles that can hit the eastern United States, it also means that any missile attack would spend much of its …
North KoreaRussia: Pence Balkans comments expose Washington's Cold War ideology
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Accusations made by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence that Russia is working to divide the Balkans from the West are destabilizing southern Europe and expose Washington's Cold War mentality, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.<p>Pence made the comments on Wednesday in …
RussiaBerlin relives Cold War era with kidnap of Vietnamese fugitive
BERLIN (Reuters) - The mysterious abduction of a Vietnamese former oil executive in broad daylight from a leafy district of Berlin is reminiscent of Cold War disappearances in the then divided German capital.<p>In a highly unusual move, Berlin has explicitly accused Vietnam of kidnapping Trinh Xuan …
World NewsIf Putin bet on Trump, he bet wrong
If the Russian government actively colluded with Donald Trump's presidential campaign to steal the election from Hillary Clinton — a claim of which I …
Foreign PolicyNavy planning to bring back at-sea missile reload capability
What happens when a U.S. ship runs out of missiles in the heat of naval battle? How is the rest of a gun line affected if a cruiser has to steam away …
South China SeaChina's Xi Jinping asserts territorial integrity amid regional tensions
Marking the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army, China's president has vowed to "defeat all invasions." Xi also pledged to expand an …
ChinaThere’s No Need for a New Cold War
Glenn Greenwald receiving the George Polk Award alongside Laura Poitras (not pictured), in New York, April 11, 2014.Eduardo Munoz/Reuters On this …
Glenn GreenwaldWe’re on the road to a new Cold War
THE UNITED STATES and Russia have descended to a new low point in relations, with waves of sanctions and escalating retaliation. Twenty-five years after the Cold War ended, relations are back in a deep freeze. What happened?<p>The current tension did not come about because the United States suddenly …
RussiaWe Are Now in Cold War 2.0
Putin has given up on the White House—and that’s terrible news for Trump<p>Nothing was more clear-cut during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign than …
RussiaDoes Russia want a new cold war?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded strongly to increasing U.S. sanctions of Russia following the nation’s attempt to influence the result …
RussiaAmid major diplomatic retaliation unseen since Cold War, Russia urges U.S. to fix ties as it cuts American diplomatic staff
MOSCOW — Amid a major diplomatic retaliation unseen since the Cold War era, Russia urged the United States on Monday to show the “political will” to …
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