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Ukraine war: game theory reveals the complexities (and fragility) of a nuclear deterrent

Since the cold war, deterrence has been a fundamental principle underpinning peace between global superpowers. The idea is that if two sides have nuclear weapons, the consequences of actually using them mean the button never gets pressed.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer Unveils Record-Breaking Defence Boost in Response to Ukraine Crisis

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the most significant increase in UK defence spending since the Cold War, vowing to allocate 2.6% of GDP to defence

The Fashion Central

The CIA smuggled the Guardian into the eastern bloc during the cold war

The US agency sent the Guardian Weekly alongside 10m books including titles by Orwell and Solzhenitsyn by truck, yacht, balloon and in travellers’ luggage

The Guardian - UK

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US-China tensions are an opportunity – the EU could become the world’s third great power

In the early 1990s, as the Cold War faded into memory, the Maastricht Treaty established the existence of the European Union (EU). Since its inception, the bloc has jostled for position in an international order increasingly structured around three poles: the United States, Asia and Europe.

The Conversation

What will Trump 2.0 mean for the global world order?

If the administration is embracing a multipolar world, does that mean the end of American primacy?

The Guardian - US

How to watch Whiskey on the Rocks: stream the Cold War comedy online

Here's how you can watch Whiskey on the Rocks, which lands on Wednesday, January 22.

WhatToWatch

Moscow-Washington nuclear hotline has averted war in the past – but cool heads will be needed in Trump’s White House and Putin’s Kremlin

Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that he would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. This is, of course, unlikely. Even a quick negotiated end to a conflict between Ukraine and Russia would hinge on Ukrainian and Russian willingness to negotiate in good faith – a commodity that is in…

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Germany and US have long been allies - that could change with Trump

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States in November 2024, the German state-owned news service Deutsche Welle published an article with the headline “Trump’s election victory is a nightmare for Germany.”

The Conversation

Communist spies and assassination attempts: how the cold war still shapes South Korean politics

Attitudes to North Korea are key to understanding President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt to impose martial law and its aftermath

The Guardian - AU

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War says that fears of his mother’s poisoning in Berlin have proven false

The Independent UK

Hafta letters: Shehla Rashid interview, geopolitics, Hafta guests, standup comedy

NiranjanFirst-time writer sick of the tirade against Anand, just voicing some support (not that Judge Saab needs it). Modi and government bashing is easy and we have Abhi to do it in very colourful words. I don’t expect Anand to participate in it. Rather than pass black and white judgements…

Newslaundry

Vindicated By Yoon's Martial Law, S. Korea's Conspiracy Theorists Vow Backing

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's dark claims of communist infiltration when declaring martial law last week may have seemed to many like a throwback to the Cold War.

International Business Times

Links between gender stereotypes and American patriotism date from the Cold War − but weren’t true then either

In 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, in front of a model American kitchen full of appliances, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sparred over the advantages of the two countries’ economic systems. Nixon pointed to the dishwasher on display: “In America,…

The Conversation

Malta summit ends the cold war – archive, 1989

On 3 December 1989, the US and the USSR declared an end to the cold war. A few days later, European Community leaders met to shape a single European market for the 1990s. See how the Guardian reported events

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I wrote a book on the execution of the Rosenbergs for Cold War spying – and a recently declassified document has convinced me that Ethel was innocent

The sons of an American woman executed for spying on the United States during the Cold War want President Joe Biden to clear her name before he leaves office.

Space

'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

NASA scientists conducting surveys of arctic ice sheets in Greenland got an unprecedented view of an abandoned "city under the ice" built by the U.S. military during the Cold War.

Evening Standard

Defence Secretary John Healey challenged to increase department spending to 2.5%

Sir Iain Duncan Smith said he expects the Strategic Defence Review to find that the UK is facing the biggest threat since the Cold War.

The Conversation

Thirty-five years since the wall fell, Berlin is divided – over what to do with crumbling communist buildings

The 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, an event that powerfully symbolised the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and signalled the end of the cold war, is an opportune moment to take stock of what remains of East Germany (GDR) in the capital of Germany.

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Russian Senators Ratify North Korean Defence Pact

The agreement formalises months of deepening security cooperation between the two nations, which were Communist allies throughout the Cold War.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin 'fears Soviet-style collapse' amid budget pressures to fund war in Ukraine

Warning comes after Russia’s government unveiled plans to hike defence spending to highest levels since the Cold War

Barchart

S&P 500 Index: The Hunt for (a) Red October

October is known for all things pumpkin, but it's also a bullish month for the S&P 500 index, a potential hot button issue for today's version of the Cold War.

The Guardian - UK

Russia to raise defence budget by 25% to highest level on record

Draft documents say defence and security will make up 40% of government spending as Putin continues war against Ukraine

International Business Times

China The Top Challenge In US History, Top Diplomat Says

China presents the top challenge to the United States in its history, surpassing the Cold War, a top US official said Wednesday, as he urged Europe to get tougher on Beijing.

The Independent UK

Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg's Cold War spy case

A top U_S_ government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work herself."

France 24

US and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine for 'audacious' Russia incursion

The heads of the CIA and Britain's spy service said in an op-ed on Saturday that "staying the course" in backing Ukraine's fight against Russia was more important than ever as they warned that the world order was "under threat in a way we haven't seen since the Cold War".

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