List of Cold War articles
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg NATO’s Stoltenberg: Ukraine’s Gains Are ‘Extremely Encouraging’
The trans-Atlantic alliance chief discusses Russia’s war in Ukraine and competing with China.
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a primetime speech at Independence National Historical Park Sept. 1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. What Does Biden’s Confrontational Speech Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy?
Framing geopolitics in terms of democracy and autocracy won’t necessarily help bring peace.
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A close up photo shows Gorbachev's face. Gorbachev’s Disputed Legacy
A hopeful moment in Russian history dies with the former Soviet leader.
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A group of German children stand atop building rubble to cheer a U.S. cargo plane as it flies over a western section of Berlin in 1948 as American and British forces airlift food and supplies to after Soviet forces surrounded and closed off the besieged city. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Why Superpower Crises Are a Good Thing
A new era of tensions will focus minds and break logjams, as Cold War history shows.
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Chinese military aircraft carry a Chinese flag China’s Strategy Needs Study, Not Assumptions
Elbridge Colby’s influential take on combating Beijing doesn’t add up.
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A young Czech woman shouts at Soviet soldiers The West Needs a Cure for Cold War Fever
Yes, a new cold war is upon us. It’s time to stop talking about it and start trying to win it.
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arms race-senor-salme-illustration-site The Art of the Arms Race
To avoid disaster, the United States must relearn crucial Cold War lessons.
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nonalignment-george-wylesol-illustration-site A New Cold War May Call for a Return to Nonalignment
Why a growing number of countries want to avoid getting stuck in a great-power tussle—again.
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new-iron-curtain-george-wylesol-illustration-site The Classic Cold War Conundrum Is Back
It is impossible to forget Russia’s violent and repressive actions in Ukraine, but it is necessary to deal with them to avoid escalation.
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United Nations troops fight in the streets of Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 20, 1950. Ukraine Is the Korean War Redux
Russia’s invasion heralds the transition to a new global order—but it will be less stable than the Cold War.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he speaks during a press conference ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 27. We Are Now in a Global Cold War
With NATO expanding its focus to China, new battle lines are being drawn.
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The Grohnde nuclear power plant Germany Confronts Its Nuclear Demons
Opposition to all things nuclear was the bedrock of the modern German political psyche. Then came Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Electricity workers check solar panels in China. Russia’s War Is the End of Climate Policy as We Know It
Ironically, geopolitical strife and energy scarcity will do more for the climate than decades of ardent policies.
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An outdoor screen shows a virtual meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Beijing on December 15, 2021. Why China Threads the Needle on Ukraine
Beijing is confident in the United States’ decline and unwilling to rock the boat.
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Iranian, Russian, and Chinese warships practice a joint military drill in the Indian Ocean. The United States Can’t Afford to Stay Entangled With China
Russia’s war shows paying the price of decoupling now is worth it.
