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Video of Marshall University Online Talk on "Putin's Western Supporters"

In the presentation I explain why Putin's regime appeals to these people, and how they compare with Western sympathizers with the USSR during the Cold War.

Reason

A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks

A new nuclear missile is coming, a gigantic ICBM called the Sentinel

The Independent UK

Biden plans to use cold-war era law in attempt to lower US prices

Defense Production Act of 1950, passed to streamline production during Korean war, was last used during Covid pandemic

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The U.S.’s signal of a huge digital shift

Developing countries must stoutly resist a new trap of a digital Cold War, whereby they get bound into digital dependencies either with the United States or China

The Hindu

Nearly 400 hidden Roman forts uncovered from Cold War-era satellite images

Historians have for long debated strategic or political purpose of Roman-era forts in the region

The Independent UK

North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a 'new Cold War'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in what he described as a “new Cold War.”

The Independent UK

Indonesia warns against new conflicts as U.S., China, Russia attend ASEAN summit

At East Asia summit, leaders warned against sharpening rivalries. US VP Harris, Chinese Premier Li, Russian FM Lavrov urged to manage differences to avoid a "new Cold War". Leaders' statement omitted mention of South China Sea & Ukraine war. ASEAN chair Widodo: "Responsibility to not create new tensions". UN Sec-Gen…

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Russia warns of response as NATO returns to Cold War ‘schemes’

NATO summit outcome to be analysed for threats posed to Russia’s security and ‘all means’ available in response.

Al Jazeera

A U.S. arms race with Russia and China could spin out of control

China is closing the gap with the Cold War era nuclear superpowers.

Axios

Russia's decision to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus revives Cold War fears

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus. Ukraine on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nation's Security Council, accusing Moscow of holding Minsk as a "nuclear hostage".

Radio France Internationale

Putin Says Will Deploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbor and ally Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union. Putin has previously issued thinly veiled warnings that he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine if Russia were threatened, reviving…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Editorial: Up in the air: What are we shooting down every day?

In 1957, during the frosty years of the Cold War, Ike and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker established the North American Air Defense Command in anticipation of defending the continent from Soviet long-range bombers — Sputnik was still a few months away — and NORAD went on alert.

Tribune News Service

Underground UK city built to survive nuclear attack remains untouched to this day

The series of tunnels and rooms constructed during the Cold War includes a railway station and hospital and was even rumoured to have its own pub

Wales Online

Russia declares U.S. Sakharov Foundation 'undesirable'

In an echo of the Cold War, Russian authorities blacklisted on Monday a U.S.-based foundation named for Andrei Sakharov, the late Soviet-era dissident physicist known for supporting nuclear disarmament, international cooperation, and human rights.

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China's top diplomat calls for 'dialogue', cooperation with U.S.

China and the United States must pursue dialogue rather than confrontation and avoid the mistakes made during the Cold War, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday in his first public comments since his appointment as head of the ruling Communist Party's foreign affairs office.

Salon

Cold War legacy lurking in groundwater

Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind

France 24

Xi meets Biden: 'No Cold War', but a 'red line' on Taiwan

The US and Chinese leaders have held a three-hour bilateral from which the two sides produced completely different accounts. What we do know is that Xi Jinping was adamant that Taiwan was a red line he would not cross. Although Joe Biden stated there is "no Cold War" between China…

The National (Scotland)

Alex Salmond defends Chinese Confucius Institutes in security fears row

ALEX Salmond has called for an end to the “Cold War mentality” towards China after it was announced the government may crack down on Confucius…

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‘A way through the darkness’: the art show sublimating the horrors of past half-century

In The Horror Show!, artists and film-makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Polland curate a terrifying tour through the times of their lives, from cold war angst to Gen Z activism

The Independent UK

China accuses US of 'Cold War thinking' in security strategy

The Chinese government has accused Washington of “Cold War thinking.”

The Independent UK

Some Ukrainians voice mixed reactions to Nobel prize winners

A day after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize with fellow human rights campaigners from Belarus and Russia, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties praised the work of her fellow laureates but cautioned against lumping the three together in a Cold War-like narrative

The Independent UK

Japanese leader's trip to China in '72 was diplomatic gamble

The Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the peak of the Cold War

The Independent UK

Africa leader warns of pressure to choose sides in Ukraine

The chairperson of the African Union says that the continent doesn't want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War

Reuters

Gorbachev played a positive role, but 'under duress', Walesa says

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, played a positive role in ending the Cold War, but he did it "under duress", as Communism was already disintegrating, former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa said on Thursday.

The Conversation

Gorbachev remembered: Respected in the West, detested in Russia

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. Given the tributes being paid to him in the West for his efforts to end the Cold War, it might be difficult to appreciate just how unpopular he became in his native Russia.

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