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Ill? ‘Unhinged’? Or calculating? Russia’s Putin keeps everyone guessing

The “madman” theory is a long-standing political trope, redolent of Cold War-era rivalries. The idea is to throw opponents off balance by making them believe you are so volatile, so hostile and so irrational that there’s simply no telling what you might do next.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

U.S. can focus on two theaters - Indo-Pacific and war in Europe, official says

The United States will keep its focus on the Indo-Pacific despite the Ukraine crisis, the White House Indo-Pacific policy coordinator said on Monday, adding Washington has been deeply engaged in two theaters simultaneously before, including during World War Two and the Cold War.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022

Nottingham's Cold War command centre designed to withstand a nuclear strike has been sold

Grade II Listed building was put on the market last year

Nottingham Post · Feb 28, 2022

Analysis: Ukraine war tests growing China-Russia partnership

China and Russia have grown closer in recent years, raising the specter of an alliance of authoritarian states to challenge a U.S.-led democratic West in a new Cold War

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

Ukraine — and how the world got here

I was there for the end of the Cold War — and we all understood how the new peace could collapse. We didn't stop it

Salon · Feb 26, 2022

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? FAQs about the conflict that has shocked the world

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has put the world on edge. The military move by Russian President Vladimir Putin has left many people looking for information on how and why the conflict started. Here are answers to some key questions.

The Conversation · Feb 26, 2022

Jay Ambrose: We can win this Cold War, too

Some years ago, when I was editor of a now-defunct newspaper in El Paso, Texas, my wife and I bought a house with a deteriorated, spider-filled, filthy, underground fallout shelter in the backyard. It made me shudder, not because of its appearance, but because it represented past fears of the…

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022

A new Cold War emerging as Russia launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine

In a very real sense, the Russian full-scale invasion places Ukraine at the center of a geopolitical struggle reminiscent of the Cold War days when Germany and its capital city Berlin were split in two by a wall dividing Western democracy and Russian communism.

The Conversation · Feb 25, 2022

Nixon library marks 50 years of US-China relations amid low point for diplomacy

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Fifty years ago, President Nixon landed in Beijing in a historic visit to China that opened the door to diplomatic relations between the two countries, shifting the power dynamics of the Cold War and undermining the Soviet Union's global influence.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2022

Merkel condemns Russian invasion as legacy comes under scrutiny

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Russia's invasion of Ukraine marked a "deep rupture in Europe's history following the end of the Cold War" even as her own legacy comes under fresh scrutiny in light of the assault.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022