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How the image of a besieged and victimized Russia came to be so ingrained in the country's psyche

The range of anti-Russian measures taken by countries around the world since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is virtually unprecedented and hearkens back to the darkest days of the Cold War.

The Conversation · Apr 18, 2022

In wars cold and hot, the Moskva has sailed through history

The Russian warship now known as the Moskva began its life as the Slava, or “glory” in 1979 at the height of the Cold War in what was the Soviet republic of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

How the Ukraine war has exposed faultlines in the way the US conducts itself on the world stage

Any sort of analysis that tries to draw lessons from an evolving event such as an ongoing major war is a potentially futile task. On the one hand, there is a fog of war that prevents us from understanding the tactical developments. On the other hand, the time lag is…

The Conversation · Apr 14, 2022

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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 · Apr 13, 2022

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 · Apr 11, 2022

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 · Apr 11, 2022

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 · Apr 8, 2022

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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 · Apr 8, 2022

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 · Apr 6, 2022

The spectre of tactical nuclear weapons use in Ukraine

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

Al Jazeera · Apr 6, 2022

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 · Apr 5, 2022

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 · Apr 3, 2022

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 · Apr 2, 2022

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 · Apr 2, 2022

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The Conversation · Apr 1, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2022

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.

France 24 · Mar 31, 2022

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…

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2022

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.

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Salon · Mar 30, 2022

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 · Mar 30, 2022

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 · Mar 28, 2022

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 Hindu · Mar 24, 2022

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 · Mar 24, 2022

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 · Mar 23, 2022

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 · Mar 22, 2022

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.

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