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Ill? ‘Unhinged’? Or calculating? Russia’s Putin keeps everyone guessing

The “madman” theory is a long-standing political trope, redolent of Cold War-era rivalries. The idea is to throw opponents off balance by making them believe you are so volatile, so hostile and so irrational that there’s simply no telling what you might do next.

Los Angeles Times

U.S. can focus on two theaters - Indo-Pacific and war in Europe, official says

The United States will keep its focus on the Indo-Pacific despite the Ukraine crisis, the White House Indo-Pacific policy coordinator said on Monday, adding Washington has been deeply engaged in two theaters simultaneously before, including during World War Two and the Cold War.

Reuters

Nottingham's Cold War command centre designed to withstand a nuclear strike has been sold

Grade II Listed building was put on the market last year

Nottingham Post

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Cold War map of Glasgow shows USSR's chilling plans to wipe us out

Created by a hostile super power at the height of the Cold War, they serve as a chilling reminder of the days when major cities such as Glasgow could be attacked at any moment.

Glasgow Live

Cold War map of Edinburgh reveals USSR's chilling plans to wipe us out

Created by a hostile super power at the height of the Cold War, they serve as a chilling reminder of the days when major cities such as Edinburgh could be attacked at any moment.

Edinburgh Live

There’s a price to pay for defying Vladimir Putin — but it’s one we all must now bear

There was much talk of a ‘peace dividend’ after the Cold War. That profitable peace is drawing to a close

Evening Standard

Doyle McManus: Welcome to Cold War 2.0. It won't be easy

No matter how Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine ends, it already marks a turning point in history: the end of a 30-year period of relative peace in Europe and a return to hostility between Russia and its neighbors — a kind of Cold War 2.0.

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Analysis: Ukraine war tests growing China-Russia partnership

China and Russia have grown closer in recent years, raising the specter of an alliance of authoritarian states to challenge a U.S.-led democratic West in a new Cold War

The Independent UK

Ukraine — and how the world got here

I was there for the end of the Cold War — and we all understood how the new peace could collapse. We didn't stop it

Salon

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? FAQs about the conflict that has shocked the world

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has put the world on edge. The military move by Russian President Vladimir Putin has left many people looking for information on how and why the conflict started. Here are answers to some key questions.

The Conversation

Jay Ambrose: We can win this Cold War, too

Some years ago, when I was editor of a now-defunct newspaper in El Paso, Texas, my wife and I bought a house with a deteriorated, spider-filled, filthy, underground fallout shelter in the backyard. It made me shudder, not because of its appearance, but because it represented past fears of the…

Tribune News Service

A new Cold War emerging as Russia launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine

In a very real sense, the Russian full-scale invasion places Ukraine at the center of a geopolitical struggle reminiscent of the Cold War days when Germany and its capital city Berlin were split in two by a wall dividing Western democracy and Russian communism.

The Conversation

Russia's Ukraine Invasion Poses Big Economic Risks

President Biden is trying to punish Russia while limiting U.S. economic blowback. It's not easy. And momentum is swiftly building for tougher measures.

Investors Business Daily

Nixon library marks 50 years of US-China relations amid low point for diplomacy

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Fifty years ago, President Nixon landed in Beijing in a historic visit to China that opened the door to diplomatic relations between the two countries, shifting the power dynamics of the Cold War and undermining the Soviet Union's global influence.

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Reuters

Merkel condemns Russian invasion as legacy comes under scrutiny

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Russia's invasion of Ukraine marked a "deep rupture in Europe's history following the end of the Cold War" even as her own legacy comes under fresh scrutiny in light of the assault.

Axios

Black Ukrainian lawmaker shows plight of small but visible population born out of the Cold War

Thousands of Black Ukrainians are in peril. The nation's only Afro Ukrainian lawmaker is calling on his countrymen to stand against Russia.

Daily Mirror

Cold War map shows 20 UK towns and cities Russia could hit with a nuclear bomb

UK defence officials once released a list of targets if Russia were to launch a nuclear attack on Britain, with 106 locations markers as "probable targets"

Salon

How the media is failing us on Russia

I grew up under the fear of nuclear war. The news we consume now is often lacking in crucial context

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The Conversation

Putin is on a personal mission to rewrite Cold War history, making the risks in Ukraine far graver

There is no shortage of speculation about what Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to do with the vast Russian military force now virtually encircling Ukraine, and why he has amassed it.

Los Angeles Times

Russian mobilization in Ukraine raises concerns about a new Cold War-style era in Europe

BERLIN — Although Udo Grelzik spent almost half his life under communist rule in East Germany, he never anticipated the threat of anything like a new Cold War in Europe.

Daily Mirror

Map shows how much of UK could be destroyed if Russia launched nuclear bomb on London

As Vladimir Putin sends his troops into eastern Ukraine, the world's nuclear super powers find themselves facing off in a way not seen since the end of the Cold War

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s mission likely to be the defining contest since Cold War

The next phase is likely to start within 48 hours

The Conversation

Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China

The Beijing Winter Olympics will be remembered not just for China’s efforts to impress the world amid criticisms of its human rights record. The games were also held against the backdrop of the most dramatic escalation of strategic tensions between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold…

Asharq Al-Awsat

50 Years after Nixon Visit, US-China Ties as Fraught as Ever

At the height of the Cold War, US President Richard Nixon flew into communist China's center of power for a visit that, over time, would transform US-China relations and China's position in the world in ways that were unimaginable at the time. The relationship between China and the United States…

The Independent UK

50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever

At the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Richard Nixon flew into communist China’s center of power for a visit that, over time, would transform U.S.-China relations and China’s position in the world

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