Cold War
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How Latin America became the battleground in Cold War 2.0
feature Iran, China and Russia are strengthening ties in anti-US Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua
By Harriet Marsden Published
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Evan Gershkovich: what does Russia want from jailing US citizens?
Under the Radar Russian police arrested Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges in first such case since Cold War
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Ukraine and a post-Western world: are we entering a new era in global politics?
Today's Big Question The war in Ukraine has revealed shifting power dynamics across the world
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Why is the US waging a tech war on China?
Today's Big Question Battle for technological supremacy is at the forefront of a new economic Cold War
By Elliott Goat Published
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How the build-up of troops in Europe compares to the Cold War
feature Security expert analyses the US pledge to increase military presence in eastern Europe
By The Week Staff Published
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What the ‘One China’ principle means for future of Taiwan
feature The policy has cast the government in Taipei out into the diplomatic wilderness
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How the Queen would announce nuclear war
Speed Read ‘Not for a single moment did I imagine that this solemn and awful duty would one day fall to me,’ reads Cold War draft speech
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German reunification: how the world reacted
In Depth This week marks the 28th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the German Democratic Republic
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Russia shows its teeth with Victory Day parade
Speed Read Why this year’s Red Square event was worth watching
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Stanislav Petrov ‘the man who saved the world’ dies in Russia aged 77
Speed Read Former Soviet colonel averted certain cold war nuclear disaster thanks to ‘gut instinct’ in 1983
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US and Russia spar over vetoed Syria sanctions
Speed Read Anger as Moscow blocks UN sanctions over regime's use of chemical weapons
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Sea cucumber enthusiast 'finds missing US nuke'
Speed Read Canadian diver solves an enduring mystery of the Cold War - and other tall tales
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Bridge of Spies: the real story behind Spielberg's Cold War film
In Depth Spielberg's film uses real events, but overplays its portrayal of Donovan as a lone freedom fighter
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The Cuban Missile Crisis – how close to nuclear war did we get?
In Depth 53 years ago today, a nuclear war between the US and USSR was narrowly averted after Khrushchev 'blinked'
By The Week Staff Published
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