The Latest Breaking News from Cold War

For decades, the threat of nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union hung over humanity

The turning point was the New Deal.

Former president of Russia and current deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev invoked the "Dead Hand," a Cold War nuclear command that allegedly triggers automatic retaliation if Moscow leadership is targeted

Pope Leo XIV has called for a renewed commitment to diplomacy to resolve conflicts

'Missile Command Delta' is a bold reimagining of an arcade classic, and the game's Cold War inspirations were a huge part of finding a new identity.

The Cold War comedian and rumored Jell-O shot inventor had a lesser known side as an NSA operative.

British satirist Cold War Steve has published a series of images based on the British painter William Hogarth’s The Rake’s Progress (1733-35). Hogarth’s 18th-century original charts the catastrophic decline of an affluent young man, Tom Rakewell. Cold War Steve’s 2025 reimagining substitutes the foolish rake with the US president, Donald…

AN ARMOURED building built during the Cold War era, which has been repurposed as a state-of-the-art rocket test facility, has opened for the first…

Jolie's best action performance is stuck in the Cold War, but still worth watching today.

Historian John Lisle uncovers how Cold War paranoia, LSD, and unchecked power led the CIA to fund torture, deception, and mind control experiments on unwitting Americans.

A thaw in relations during the Cold War led to some surprising collaborations between the two nations, involving everyone from Laurence Olivier and Rudolf Nureyev to Gilbert and George. As relations ice over again, what can we learn from this artistic detente?