Macrovariable projections in uncertain times International factors and faulty data will impact India’s projections of GDP, inflation and balance of payments The Hindu · Aug 8, 2022
‘All we can hope for is peace’: the view from Kinmen, once the cold war frontline between China and Taiwan Many in the Taiwanese islands can remember living under years of ferocious bombardment from Chinese forces The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2022
Revealed: UK ran cold war dirty tricks campaign to smear Kenya’s first vice-president Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests in 1960s The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2022
Looking at the world with Cold War pessimism We are still standing at the same crossroads we were at after Hiroshima. Do we walk along the road of peace, economic prosperity and mutual respect among nations, or do we stumble down the road to nuclear nightmare? Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 5, 2022
Nobody Wants the Current World Order How All the Major Powers—Even the United States—Became Revisionists Foreign Affairs · Aug 5, 2022
From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps The former Cold War adversaries have pulled off yet another notable exchange The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
Why the U.N. chief says we are 'one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation' It's not the first time for such a dire warning. Here's a brief look at why Guterres and others are raising the alarm now. WEKU · Aug 2, 2022
The inside story of the Cold War double agent who says he was abandoned after decades of service ‘M’ tells Eleni Braat and Ben de Jong about his life and how, in the end, he was deserted by the paymasters he had served The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022
Truss defends Foreign Office’s response to Russia after critical report The Institute for Government said the Foreign Office’s focus on Russia had ‘softened’ since the Cold War. The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022
Russia and the West are vying for influence in Africa and Ukraine is a big reason why Russia's foreign minister and France's president are visiting this week along with visits by U.S. officials in what some say is the most intense competition for influence there since the Cold War. WEKU · Jul 28, 2022
‘New Cold War’: Russia and West Vie for Influence in Africa Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French President Emanuel Macron are each visiting… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 28, 2022
A 'new Cold War' as Russia, France, US compete for influence in Africa Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War. France 24 · Jul 28, 2022
'New Cold War': Russia and West vie for influence in Africa Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022
UK adviser warns of nuclear war risk amid communication breakdown Stephen Lovegrove says backdoor channels that kept world safe during the Cold War have disintegrated. Al Jazeera · Jul 28, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022 From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps The former Cold War adversaries are in talks to off pull off yet another historic exchange
The Conversation · Jul 27, 2022 The cold war double agent abandoned by the spy agencies he risked his life for – podcast In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, new research reveals the story of a cold war double agent who feels abandoned after 22 years of service.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2022 Mystery of Somerton man’s identity solved after 73 years, researchers in Australia say Cryptic clues about man found on an Adelaide beach in 1948 spawned theories of jilted lovers and cold war spies – but the truth may open up even more questions
The Hindu · Jul 23, 2022 Samajwadi Party breaks ties with Shivpal, Rajbhar Sends out official communication even as leaders court the interest of rival parties
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 20, 2022 Liz Truss, a Margaret Thatcher Fan at UK’s Diplomatic Helm Fans of Liz Truss think she is the new Iron Lady. Britain’s foreign secretary is one of the two final contenders to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Some 180,000 party members will be asked to choose either Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, with…
Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022 Review: 'Winter Work,' by Dan Fesperman FICTION: An engrossing spy thriller in which a Stasi officer and a CIA agent join forces to defeat a common adversary.
The Conversation · Jul 18, 2022 Why China's challenges to Australian ships in the South and East China Seas are likely to continue Last week it was reported an Australian warship had, in early July, been closely followed by a Chinese guided-missile destroyer, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, and multiple military aircraft as it travelled through the East China Sea.
Chicago Tribune · Jul 13, 2022 ‘The Doomsday Clock at 75′ explores how the Chicago-born cultural icon keeps tick, tick, ticking away CHICAGO — The Doomsday Clock was born in 1947 in Chicago, a Cold War baby delivered as the illustration for the first cover of a new magazine, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It was set at 7 minutes to midnight, an indication of how close a team of revered…
Salon · Jul 12, 2022 NATO: A threat to our planet's future As NATO's military footprint expands far beyond Europe to confront China, the planet's survival is in doubt
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 9, 2022 The Cold War on a Chessboard 50 Years Ago Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took on defending world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in a thrilling East-West clash dubbed the "match of the century". Some 50 million TV viewers tuned into the two-month-long tussle…
The Conversation · Jul 6, 2022 How Africans can assess the value of the latest G7 summit Leaders of the world’s seven advanced economies have once again pledged economic support for Africa and other developing countries. But the realisation of these commitments depends on political developments in the Group of Seven (G7) countries, specifically the United States, the outcome of Russia’s war with Ukraine, and whether Russian…