Cold War

In the World’s Obituary, Who Will Have the Last Word?

In the World’s Obituary, Who Will Have the Last Word? In the World’s Obituary, Who Will Have the Last Word?

Give humanity credit. When it comes to our urge to destroy, we seem to see no limits, not even those of our own existence.

Nov 3, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists

MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists

The British Security Service’s futile record of harassment and surveillance.

Oct 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China.

What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China. What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China.

Americans’ top security concerns include safety at home and protecting jobs.

Sep 20, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev’s Legacy Gorbachev’s Legacy

A great reformer in his country’s tormented history.

Aug 31, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A fossil fuel refinery in Russia.

Will Europe Fracture Over the War With Ukraine? Will Europe Fracture Over the War With Ukraine?

As winter looms, double-digit inflation and energy costs will test unity.

Aug 23, 2022 / Mary Dejevsky

A mushroom cloud in black and white

How Worldwide Famine Would Follow Even a “Limited” Nuclear War How Worldwide Famine Would Follow Even a “Limited” Nuclear War

A landmark study demands attention.

Aug 22, 2022 / Matt Bivens

World War II veterans and military men pay their respect as they lay wreaths at the monument of the Soviet Army in central Sofia on May 9, 2008.

Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence

Caught between a Russian past and a NATO future, the poorest country in the EU faces a political crisis—and a struggle over competing visions of national pride.

Aug 22, 2022 / Jeet Heer

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin

To Move Back From the Brink, Restart Nuclear Talks To Move Back From the Brink, Restart Nuclear Talks

It is high time that the US pursued disarmament diplomacy. 

Aug 11, 2022 / Daryl G. Kimball

Blinken speaks on stage

Washington Is Gung-Ho for a New Cold War. But That’s a Bad Old Idea. Washington Is Gung-Ho for a New Cold War. But That’s a Bad Old Idea.

It should focus on our security at home instead.

Aug 9, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Letter From the Dacha

A Letter From the Dacha A Letter From the Dacha

In the wake of sanctions against Russia, civilians are spending summer without work, news outlets, and affordable goods.

Aug 3, 2022 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

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