Cold 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

By The Week Staff Last updated 3 April 19

In Depth This week marks the 28th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the German Democratic Republic

By The Week Staff Last updated 1 October 18

In Depth The decades-long conflict spanned the globe and cost the lives of millions

By The Week Staff Last updated 14 September 18

Speed Read Why this year’s Red Square event was worth watching

By The Week Staff Last updated 10 May 18

Speed Read Jan Dymic who’s described as a ‘smoothie’ is thought to have met the Labour leader several times

By The Week Staff Last updated 16 February 18

Speed Read Former Soviet colonel averted certain cold war nuclear disaster thanks to ‘gut instinct’ in 1983

By The Week Staff Published 19 September 17

Speed Read Anger as Moscow blocks UN sanctions over regime's use of chemical weapons

By The Week Staff Last updated 1 March 17

Speed Read Canadian diver solves an enduring mystery of the Cold War - and other tall tales

By The Week Staff Published 9 November 16

In Depth Spielberg's film uses real events, but overplays its portrayal of Donovan as a lone freedom fighter

By The Week Staff Published 24 November 15

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 28 October 15

In Depth As political tensions create instability, investors should make sure their portfolios are able to cope with nasty surprises

By The Week Staff Last updated 15 December 14

In Depth From the Falklands war to financial deregulation and the poll tax, Thatcher transformed UK politics

By The Week Staff Last updated 19 June 14