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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.

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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…

France 24

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.

Tribune News Service

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

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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…

Tribune News Service

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Hindu

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 Guardian - US

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’

The Independent UK

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.

Benzinga

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

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Oliver Hartwich: The West is back

The weakened West might now have found a cause to unite strongly around liberal democracy, writes Oliver Hartwich

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Berlin Anti-war Concert Draws 20,000 at Brandenburg Gate

Some 20,000 people attended an anti-war concert in central Berlin on Sunday, police said, with listeners waving Ukrainian flags or holding banners with slogans opposing the Russian invasion. Gathering near the Brandenburg Gate, symbol of a divided Germany during the Cold War, many performers wore shades of blue and yellow…

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Salon

Africa, Ukraine and Cold War hangover

Many African countries remember the Soviet Union as an ally — and the U.S. as a backer of thugs and tyrants

Tribune News Service

Liam Denning: Ukraine war ends the world as we know it

Roughly half the U.S. population has little or no memory of the Cold War. Which is good; life ought to be lived without the existential dread of mushroom clouds.

Newsroom.co.nz

Reliance on nuclear deterrence risks nuclear use for first time in 70 years

Whether it actually worked during the Cold War remains debatable, but even if it did it’s unlikely to do so in future, writes Maria Rost Rublee

The Conversation

The West thinks that Russians, suffering from sanctions, will end up abandoning Putin – but history indicates they won't

While Russia is leading a merciless war in Ukraine that has resulted in millions of Ukrainian refugees’ fleeing to neighboring countries, Western brands are on the exodus from Russia.

The Conversation

Battered but not broken: how global trade is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Russia’s first McDonald’s store in opened in 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a potent symbol that the Cold War was ending and a great ideological wound healing.

Foreign Affairs

The False Promise of Arming Insurgents

America’s Spotty Record Warrants Caution in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

How UK was warned for years to boost defence cash - 'Putin thinks we're scared to fight'

MPs, peers and retired top brass have all called on the Government to pump more cash into the military as war rages in Europe - and triggers demands for a return to Cold War-era funding

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