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Did China’s Balloon Violate International Law?

While balloons may no longer be valued for their war-fighting ability, they retain a unique capacity to undertake surveillance.

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Kim Jong Un puts new missile, and a potential heir, on parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un displayed his latest assets to protect his reign: quick-strike missiles that can carry a nuclear warhead to the U.S. and a preteen daughter who ensures his family’s continuous rule over the dynasty forged in the Cold War.

Tribune News Service

Balloon bursts hopes for end to spiraling US-China tensions

Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship

The Independent UK

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Did China's balloon violate international law?

Was the balloon that suddenly appeared over the US last week undertaking surveillance? Or was it engaging in research, as China has claimed?

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You Need to Watch the Most Influential James Bond Movie on HBO Max ASAP

You've played the game. Now watch the movie.

Inverse

US postpones Blinken visit to China over alleged spy balloon

When you imagine the contours of a so-called second Cold War between the United States and China, you might think of hypersonic glide vehicles, billion-dollar stealth fighters and, of course, the Taiwan Strait. But today, it’s all about a balloon.

Evening Standard

Ukraine steps up efforts to exclude Russia from Olympics

Ukraine has stepped up efforts to lobby international sports leaders against Russian participation in next year’s Paris Olympics as indications mount that the games could see the biggest boycott since the Cold War

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With rare China trip, Blinken aims to steady rocky relationship

When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets his Chinese counterpart in Beijing next week there will be plenty to disagree about, from Taiwan to chips and trade. But they will both be trying to answer the same question: How can the world's two biggest economies avoid a new Cold…

Reuters

Russia is violating the last remaining nuclear treaty with the US, according to Washington

After decades of progress on limiting the buildup of nuclear weapons, Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted renewed nuclear tensions between Russia and the U.S.

The Conversation

Celebrating human rights in 2023

This year is a time to remember and reiterate two key instruments which have shaped responses to human rights implementation since the end of World War II in 1945. It was the task of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), based on a Resolution of the UN General Assembly…

Bangkok Post

U.S. says Russia violating New START nuclear arms control treaty

The United States on Tuesday accused Russia of violating the New START Treaty, the last major pillar of post-Cold War nuclear arms control between the two countries, saying Moscow was refusing to allow inspection activities on its territory.

Reuters

Nuclear fallout Cold War shelter hidden in UK countryside for sale for £70,000

The seemingly ordinary patch of land, known as Observer Post Field, on the edge of a village in Bolsover, Derbyshire, hides an impressive Cold War secret that could be yours, if you have a spare £70,000 lying around

Daily Mirror

Green metal object is actually nuclear bunker by the sea hiding secrets 12ft underground

The Veryan bunker in Cornwall has been out of use for four decades but still remains exactly as it was when it was used to detect and report nuclear attacks during the Cold War

Daily Mirror

Does the Doomsday Clock actually mean anything? Experts weigh in

The Cold War relic has a strange history and so-so effectiveness — but it may not be the point.

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Inside Cold War spy Kim Philby's life - sex, deception and double-dealing

Biographer James Hanning tells of his fascination with Kim Philby, who was played by Guy Pearce in the ITV series A Spy Among Friends. He spied for the Russians while working as a British secret agent

The Independent UK

The ‘punching fists of democracy’: How the West’s new tanks could give Ukraine a battlefield edge over Russia

Further battalions of Leopard, Abrams and Challenger tanks could eventually be a game-changer, Andy Gregory reports

Foreign Affairs

Kennan's Warning on Ukraine

Ambition, insecurity, and the perils of independence

The Conversation

Ukraine: why supply of US and German tanks echoes cold war

The decision that Germany and the US will allow the export of M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, alongside the British Challenger 2 tanks promised in mid January is the culmination of Nato’s policy to assist Ukraine and an important symbolic step in the west’s response to Putin’s…

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Can Germany's Leopard 2 tanks put Ukraine on the front foot against Russia?

After weeks of hesitation, Germany has finally granted Ukraine access to its powerful Leopard 2 tanks. But are they enough to turn the tide against the immense Russian army?

Fortune

‘Doomsday Clock’ just moved to record threat level: But who sets it and does anyone care?

When the clock’s keepers announced its record disaster level on Tuesday, the tweets questioning its value came thick and fast.

Inverse

The Doomsday Clock is now at 90 seconds to midnight — here's what that means

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever, citing Russia's war on Ukraine and the worsening climate crisis.

The Conversation

Russia rekindles old friendship with South Africa, its ally against apartheid

The recent announcement that the South African, Russian and Chinese navies will conduct joint exercises off the east coast of South Africa between February 17 and 27, has alarmed the United States. Washington has condemned the decision as the exercises would appear to compromise South African neutrality in the diplomatic…

Tribune News Service

Francis Wilkinson: We already know which gun policies work

Rand Corporation, the think tank with origins in Cold War military planning, recently issued its latest update on gun policy research. Rand has been sifting through gun research, offering generally conservative assessments of its utility and findings, since 2018. As strictures on gun violence research have fallen, and more such…

Daily Mirror

Inside underground UK city built to survive nuke apocalypse with maze of secret tunnels

The subterranean network of tunnels and secret rooms near Corsham, Wiltshire, was built in the Cold War and remained top secret for five decades - but is still sealed off from the public

Financial Times

300 nuclear missiles are headed your way. You must respond. What now?

Inside Moran Cerf’s quest to modernise the decision-making process that could end life on earth

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