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We always knew the end of history wasn’t the final act for tyrants like Vladimir Putin

I am a member of Generation Fukuyama. Well, how could I not be? I turned 21 in 1989, the year that the Berlin Wall fell, triggering the implosion of the Soviet bloc and the end of the Cold War. It was an astonishing moment of emancipation, a colossal release of…

Evening Standard

The promise and folly of war – why do leaders enter conflict assuming victory is assured?

Amid a staunch and passionate defense that has slowed the Russian advance to Kiev and global condemnation, Vladimir Putin’s motivation for invading has been subject to speculation: Just what does he hope to achieve by war in Ukraine?

The Conversation

Ukrainian-born Walter Polovchak — the Cold War’s ‘littlest defector’ — lives happily in a Chicago suburb but is devastated by events in his homeland

A black-and-white photograph from August 1980 shows 12-year-old Walter Polovchak, small and skinny with hair falling onto his forehead, flanked by adults as he walked into a courthouse for a custody hearing.

Chicago Tribune

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Geopolitics and the Ukraine conflict

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have forged a new partnership in Eurasia. How will that shape the global future?

Salon

In Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cold War echoes reverberate

A rivalry with Russia

The Independent UK

Biden urged to invoke Cold War powers to blunt energy price hike

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is under pressure to invoke Cold War-era powers to force more domestic oil production as the war in Ukraine strains supplies, raising gasoline prices and fueling inflation.

Tribune News Service

Does nuclear deterrence even work?

Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine seem to risk nuclear war — and that breaks an important precedent

Salon

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'Warzone' Vargo 52: How to unlock, challenge guide, and the best loadout

A new 'Cold War' weapon called the Vargo 52 has been added to 'Warzone.' Here's how to unlock it and the best build for long-range.

Inverse

Cold War-style chill settles over Russia as world ponders Putin’s endgame

MOSCOW — On a wintry January day in 1990, the grand opening of the first McDonald’s restaurant in what was then the Soviet Union was hailed as an emblem of the thawing Cold War. A serpentine line wound through the capital’s Pushkin Square, a throng of thousands waiting patiently for…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine war and anti-Russia sanctions on top of COVID-19 mean even worse trouble lies ahead for global supply chains

Francis Fukuyama, the American political scientist who once described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “end of history,” suggested that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might be called “the end of the end of history.” He meant that Vladimir Putin’s aggression signals a rollback of the ideals of a…

The Conversation

Soldier Who Killed Che Guevara Dies in Bolivia

The former Bolivian soldier who claimed to have shot dead Marxist revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara died on Thursday aged 80, his relatives said. Mario Teran Salazar shot dead Argentine-born Guevara on October 9, 1967 in the eastern Santa Cruz province of Bolivia at the height of the Cold War.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Would Putin use nuclear weapons? An arms control expert explains what has and hasn't changed since the invasion of Ukraine

The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War. Threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the weapons to keep NATO out of the Ukraine conflict have revived those decades-old fears.

The Conversation

Commentary: Putin’s dangerous nuclear brinkmanship in Ukraine

Most Americans view nuclear weapons as a relic of the Cold War. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed in 1985 “that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought.” That thinking has remained a “given” for the last 37 years. Unfortunately, Russian President…

Tribune News Service

Liz Truss says Putin must fail as she vows ‘we must never let down our guard again’

The Foreign Secretary said the West had taken its ‘eye off the ball’ since the end of the Cold War

Evening Standard

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Edinburgh Live

Huge American B-52 bombers with deadly arsenal land in UK as Ukraine war rages

The colossal machines were used in the Cold War and have been regularly updated to spearhead America's military deterrent with state-of-the-art nuclear and conventional weaponry.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: When war comes calling, meet it with resolve. And love

I grew up during the Cold War, when we hid under our desks for safety. As a child, I believed that I was doing my part by ducking under my desk and knowing how to respond when the air raid sirens went off. Crouching under a desk seems laughable today.…

The Conversation

Russia-Ukraine war: decoding how African countries voted at the UN

In recent weeks the world has witnessed the most tense moments in international relations since the end of the Cold War. This was evident in the deliberations and voting by members of the United Nations on resolutions calling on Russia to halt its invasion and withdraw its forces from Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Inside Cold War bunkers with own power supply hidden in the Welsh countryside

A network of nuclear bunkers that were used in the Cold War have been discovered in the Welsh countryside - and they have even been used as set pieces for Doctor Who

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Russia calls for return to 'peaceful co-existence' with U.S. like during Cold War -Interfax

Russia and the United States should return to the principle of "peaceful co-existence" like during the Cold War, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Cold War bunker in Edinburgh to be opened to the public as plans to transform the 1950s shelter approved

Buried 100ft below Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh, it was Scotland's first line of defence against the threat of a nuclear attack.

Liverpool Echo

ITV The Ipcress File: episodes, full cast, start date and time

The Ipcress File is a 'cinematic rollercoaster of twists and turns set in the 1960s amid the highly charged atmosphere of the Cold War'

Tribune News Service

The Navy is training for a possible fight with China. Does Russia’s war make that more likely?

SAN DIEGO — For much of the past year, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the Pacific have trained for a conflict with the Pentagon’s most powerful potential adversary, China.

The Guardian - UK

History replays like a half-forgotten song, but once we remember, it’s far too late

The west fell asleep on Cold War sentry duty and thought Putin couldn’t be serious, but he was. The question remains, is Nato?

Daily Mirror

'So how mad is Vlad? Cold War-era nuke fears back as Putin looks increasingly desperate'

Chris McLaughlin is realistic about the chance of surviving a nuke but he's not convinced Comrade Putin is really as mad as he is making out - is it all scare tactics?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Forces Swedes to Rethink NATO Membership

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has for the first time seen a majority of Swedes in favor of joining NATO, according to a poll, and signs are the political landscape could to change too in a country long known for neutrality. Sweden has not been in a war since 1814 and…

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