List of Cold War articles
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Henry Kissinger during an interview in Washington in August 1980. Henry Kissinger, Colossus on the World Stage
The late statesman was a master of realpolitik—whom some regarded as a war criminal.
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A woman is silhouetted as she walks down stairs past a communist-era stained glass panel in Berlin on April 26, 2019. The early-1960s work depicts images of industry, technology, agriculture, the military, youth, family, and the working class common in socialist art of the communist bloc. A Tale of Two Germanies
Thirty-three years after reunification, the country’s wounds are rawer than many would like to admit.
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A view from the cockpit shows backlit control panels and two pilots inside a KC-130J aerial refueler en route from Williamtown to Darwin as the sun sets on the horizon. America Prepares for a Pacific War With China It Doesn’t Want
Embedded with U.S. forces in the Pacific, I saw the dilemmas of deterrence firsthand.
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Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov (right), wearing a suit and tie, holds a new history book for high school students at a news conference in Moscow. Behind him out of focus are two other suited men, one with his hand to his face. New Russian Schoolbooks Preach Hatred of Ukraine and the West
The Kremlin has taken indoctrination and historical falsification to a new level.
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US President Jimmy Carter and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT II treaty. Is There Really a Cold War 2.0?
Inside the debate on how to think about the U.S.-China rivalry.
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A large screen in a hearing room shows side-by-side images of a Chinese frigate and a U.S. Navy combat ship under the words "China's New Frigate Design Looks Awfully Familiar" Why the U.S.-China ‘Cold War’ Framing Is So Dangerous
A Cold War crouch is inimical to a free, open, and flourishing society.
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nonalignment-george-wylesol-illustration-site Is Nonalignment Such a Big Deal?
Here’s what neutrality means in the 21st century.
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Then- U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks with Secretary of State George Shultz in the White House's Oval Office How George Shultz Helped End the Cold War
The official biography of Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state reveals startling lessons for U.S. engagement today.
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Rep. Mike Gallagher presides over the first hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party in Washington on Feb. 28. The Real Risk of the China Select Committee
Why alienate the very people whose expertise and connections might help Congress understand the Chinese government?
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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds an umbrella while walking in the rain. Why China Is Not a Superpower
How the United States, China, and the former Soviet Union stack up.
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Ukraine soldier in front of bombed building U.S. Deterrence Failed in Ukraine
Washington’s prewar efforts were weak and inadequate.
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U.S. sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon. Spy Balloons Evoke Bad Cold War Memories for China
Covert U.S. intrusions into Chinese airspace were common for decades.
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Cold-War-Kennan-China-Russia-US-foreign-policy-illustration-3-2 Is Cold War Inevitable?
A new biography of George Kennan, the father of containment, raises questions about whether the old Cold War—and the emerging one with China—could have been avoided.
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A military propaganda image appears on a giant screen in Beijing on May 18, 2021. 5 Ways the U.S.-China Cold War Will Be Different From the Last One
Guardrails and statesmanship will be even more important this time around.
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President John F. Kennedy, announces on television the strategic blockade of Cuba The Cuban Missile Crisis, 60 Years On
The Cold War-era standoff is more relevant than ever.
