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When Killing Joke became unlikely pop stars

The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold war, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commentator

An 80-year economic illusion has ended and the comfortable post-Cold War interlude has given way to a more raw and Hobbesian environment.

With the summit venue yet to be announced, all eyes are on where the two presidents could meet

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…