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The US can rebuild trust abroad – by declassifying incriminating intelligence

We just returned from a delegation to Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Each country is still seeking answers about the history of US intervention

The Guardian - US

UK proves espionage is always political in calling out China ‘spying’ at G20

As Sunak challenges Chinese premier at summit, does alleged intelligence escalation from Beijing suggest a new cold war?

The Guardian - UK

Robotic dog and drones used at historic Cold War weapons testing facilities

The artificial canine, with a camera mounted to the top and four hinged legs, is controlled remotely

The Independent UK

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Indonesia's leader calls for peaceful solutions to conflicts at ASEAN summit

Indonesia's president issued a stark warning Thursday after wrapping up a summit of Southeast Asian countries that was joined by China, the United States and Russia, saying “we will be destroyed” unless conflicts are resolved.

France 24

After summit joined by China, US and Russia, Indonesia's leader calls for resolving conflicts

Indonesia’s president has issued a stark warning after wrapping up a summit of Southeast Asian countries that was joined by China, the United States and Russia

The Independent UK

Putin’s reaching out to Kim Jong-un is a desperate move – and potentially a dangerous one

The reported meeting of the dictators reveals the threat of a return to old, cold war politics, says Sergey Radchenko of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

The Guardian - UK

Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’

As the general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence and security challenges the country now faces.

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Kissinger at 100: Still a war criminal

His reputation as a brilliant statesman is still intact — because the mainstream media avoids his real legacy

Salon

Assam BJP caught in cold war between senior and junior leaders

At least two Bharatiya Janata Party legislators in Assam, one of them a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal government from 2016-2021, have voiced their concerns over the treatment being meted out to senior BJP leaders. Their resentment followed the resignation of former MP Rajen Gohain as the chairman of the Assam…

The Hindu

New water plan announced – as it happened

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Father Builds Drivable Wood Swedish Tank From World Of Tanks Video Game

The replica of a Swedish STRV 103 Cold War-era tank uses realistic treads to go off-road and over curbs.

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The Observer view on the Camp David summit: it signals a new cold war – this time with China

The meeting between Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea symbolises a profound hardening of attitudes in the Pacific

The Guardian - UK

Friction between Ajit Pawar’s NCP and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena over districts allotted to Ministers for Aug. 15 flag hoisting

Cold war brews in Maharashtra govt b/w NCP & Shiv Sena factions over districts allotted for Aug 15 flag hoisting. NCP faction unhappy as districts far removed from home turfs. List of ministers indicative of future Guardian Ministership appointments. NCP eyeing plum districts, but Shinde Sena & BJP refusing to…

The Hindu

From Oppenheimer to Milton Friedman: how the Cold War battle of economic ideas shaped our world

Is Oppenheimer a movie for our time, reminding us of the tensions, dangers and conflicts of the old Cold War while a new one threatens to break out?

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The Hindu

Nuclear signalling, the need for new guard rails

The conflict in Ukraine and the recourse to nuclear rhetoric have revived concerns about nuclear escalation management between the major nuclear powers

The Conversation

Nuclear war would be more devastating for Earth's climate than cold war predictions – even with fewer weapons

Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer has revived morbid curiosity in the destructive power of nuclear weapons. There are now an estimated 12,512 nuclear warheads.

The Independent UK

US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War

The Hindu

The SCO is a success story that can get better

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s success story is part of the broader global partnership of emerging economies and developing countries

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Helsinki 1952: Summer Olympics at the height of the Cold War

From 19 July to 3 August 1952, the Finnish capital Helsinki hosted the 15th Summer Olympics, the first games of the modern era. The world's biggest sporting event after the Second World War took place at the height of the Cold War and marked the beginning of East-West rivalry.

Salon

When Greenland was green

Frozen soil extracted during the Cold War reveals a time when Greenland was free of ice. It could happen again

The Independent UK

UN chief says the world is in a new era marked by the highest major power competition in decades

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the post-Cold War period is over and the world is moving toward a new multipolar era already marked by the highest level of geopolitical tensions and major power competition in decades

France 24

Soviet spies in Africa: How the KGB expanded Russian influence during the Cold War

Russian influence in Africa has deep historical roots, from supporting an attempted coup in Ghana to spreading fake political news in Algeria and training African fighters in Crimea. FRANCE 24 looks back on four little-known Soviet operations aimed at furthering Russian interests in Africa during the Cold War

France 24

From Khrushchev’s KGB to Putin: the deep roots of Russian influence in Africa

When Russian President Vladimir Putin develops his network of influence in Africa, he isn’t doing so at random. He is drawing on the rich history of Soviet relations with African countries that dates back to the 1960s and the efforts made by Russian spies during the Cold War to counter…

Daily Mirror

Shocking evidence of crimes against British servicemen in Cold War radiation experiments

The nuked blood scandal first exposed by the Mirror last year has uncovered shocking new evidence of possible crimes committed by the British state against its own servicemen

The Guardian - UK

Milan Kundera: ‘funny, experimental, worldly’

Famously exiled from cold war Czechoslovakia by the Russian invasion, the novelist used his exclusion to find new ways to live and write• Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being author dies aged 94

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