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Bosnia-Herzegovina could be the next site of Russian-fuelled conflict

International politics is usually discussed in terms of historical periods associated with specific characteristics — think Cold War adversaries, wars fought for ostensibly humanitarian reasons in the 1990s or the focus on terrorism and state-building during the War on Terror.

The Conversation

UK's secret nuclear bunkers hidden in forests and under streets amid Soviet war fears

The top-secret network of bunkers was built during the Cold War when Britain was an ally to the United States, and the threat of imminent nuclear war with the Soviet Union loomed large

Daily Mirror

Secret bunkers hidden in Greater Manchester's streets, woods and buildings that were built amid fears of attack from Soviet Union

The bunkers were built at a time when there was very real fear of a nuclear war

Manchester Evening News

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Vladimir Putin's nuclear sabre-rattling in Ukraine has the northern hemisphere contemplating a new Cold War

As Vladimir Putin holds out the threat of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, tensions between Russia and the West are bringing Cold War-era anxieties back to the surface.

ABC News

Gen X TikTok is recycling the culture of the late Cold War, and what's old is new again

"Things have been so scary lately with Russia," states TikTok user @MojoX with dead earnestness in a post from early March, "that I went out and got myself a Gen X bomb shelter."

Los Angeles Times

Truss urges return of Cold War diplomacy with Russia as Nato warns of ‘long haul’ in Ukraine

Nato says Putin is not retreating and that war in Ukraine could be ‘a long haul’

The Independent UK

The spectre of tactical nuclear weapons use in Ukraine

What are these weapons and could Russia use them in Ukraine?

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POINT: A second chance for NATO expansion

A genuinely realistic assessment of the NATO expansion process of the previous decades was that it did not go far enough, was not militarily serious enough, and that, while offering Moscow an open-ended opportunity to be part of the West, the alliance was prepared to return to the containment policies…

Tribune News Service

The Soviet plan to send tanks down the Mancunian Way: Russia's blueprint for invading Greater Manchester

Bury New Road and Washway Road were identified as key routes for tanks

Manchester Evening News

Biden, first lady salute attack sub with Russia tensions high

First lady Jill Biden ceremonially commissioned a nuclear-powered submarine on Saturday, presiding over a display of U.S. naval power with tension between Washington and Moscow at the highest levels since the depths of the Cold War.

Tribune News Service

French presidential hopefuls rethink rhetoric as Russian realpolitik takes hold

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the internationally condemned act of aggression turned the political platforms of France's presidential candidates on their respective heads. The invasion that triggered Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II saw parochial issues usurped by a conflict that has torn open France's Cold War…

Radio France Internationale

What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised fears among the public about the use of nuclear weapons in Europe or against the United States. This level of concern has not been seen since the end of the Cold War.

The Conversation

Biden uses Cold War-era law to spur EV battery metal production

WASHINGTON — A Cold War-era law designed to bolster the U.S. economy in times of war will soon be used to help the country get a leg up in a global race to build electric vehicles.

Tribune News Service

Can India stay out of it? While West sanctions Russia, Delhi maintains historic ties

It's that old adage: your friends' friends are not always your friends. Over the years, India has drifted towards the United States, partly due to its border tensions with China. But even the invasion of Ukraine cannot break the historic ties binding Delhi to Moscow – from arms and oil…

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Biden poised to use Cold War powers to boost battery metals

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans Thursday to invoke Cold War powers to encourage domestic production of critical minerals for electric vehicle and other types of batteries, according to people familiar with the matter.

Salon

A new Cold War? The world must say no

It's a dreadful '70s rerun: Two nuclear powers face to face, and neither one has promised it won't shoot first

Tribune News Service

Pankaj Mishra: US and Europe should stop congratulating themselves

Cold War language about Western unity and the “long fight” against autocracy has become more rousing as Russia flounders in Ukraine. It is time to start worrying that the response to Vladimir Putin's aggression, led by U.S. President Joe Biden, might cause more widespread damage than even the Russian despot…

The Guardian - UK

Cold war echoes as African leaders resist criticising Putin’s war

Many remember Moscow’s support for liberation from colonial rule, and a strong anti-imperialist feeling remains

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The Hindu

Time for India to redefine its relationship with Russia

It is too risky for New Delhi to pursue vague aims vis-à-vis Moscow at a time of diplomatic and strategic uncertainty

The Guardian - US

It’s the beginning of a new era in Washington – and Putin is responsible

There has been a quiet understanding that we’re on the brink of a new cold war, potentially even a hot one – which requires that we join together to survive

The Independent UK

Madeleine Albright wrote that Putin was making ‘historic error’ a month before she died

First female secretary of state writes that ‘Putin must know that a second Cold War would not necessarily go well for Russia’

Benzinga

US Monitoring For 'Potential Contingency' On Nuclear Weapon Use, White House Says

The potential use of nuclear weapons by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine was addressed by both the Biden administration and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government, reviving a fear that disappeared from Europe with the end of the Cold War.

The Independent UK

Is Russia going to expel the US ambassador and what would it mean?

Throughout long decades of Cold War both sides kept up a formal engagement Vladimir Putin is now threatening to end, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

How Putin’s disinformation mirrors classic Soviet propaganda from the Cold War

The US and the UK also did plenty of nefarious things during this period, 88-year-old Milton Leitenberg tells Andrew Buncombe

Reuters

Russia may not stop with Ukraine – NATO looks to its weakest link

Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships under his command to the former Soviet Republic of Latvia to help protect the most vulnerable part of NATO's eastern flank.

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