The Latest Breaking News from the Cold War

During President Trump's State of the Union, Congressman Mike Thompson served as the designated survivor, a security measure ensuring government continuity. This role, though less dramatic than fiction suggests, requires constitutional eligibility and focuses the mind on potential catastrophic events. The practice, originating during the Cold War, ensures a successor…

Stasi files show that 007 violated the GDR border four times at Checkpoint Charlie in divided Berlin. The whole thing happened during filming for 'Octopussy.' A dangerous scandal in the middle of the Cold War, observed and documented by the Stasi.

President Donald Trump appears to have upended an 85-year relationship between American farmers and the United States’ global exercise of power. But that link has been fraying since the end of the Cold War, and Trump’s moves are just another big step.

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 1 and 7 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

How the paranoia of the Cold War has evolved into a new digital conflict, and why the key to resilience lies in understanding exposure.

At the height of the Cold War, the activities of Greek migrants who had arrived in Australia after the second world war saw the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) take notice.

Japan warns of emerging security environment in ways not seen since the Cold War

I went to Moscow this summer on a trip that was as awkward as it was illuminating. I left feeling Russia is not just a changed country, but a separate civilisation.

Juan Ponce Enrile dies peacefully at 101, leaving a legacy marked by Cold War leadership, martial law, the People Power Revolution, and decades in public office.