Latest in Tag: Cold War Highlight
Latest in Tag: Cold War
The cold war double agent abandoned by the spy agencies he risked his life for – podcast
Gemma Ware, The Conversation – In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, new research reveals the story of a cold war double agent who feels abandoned after 22 years of service. As soon as Eleni Braat and Ben de Jong met the man they now call “M”, they knew they wanted to interview him. …
UN secretary-general warns of worse scenario than Cold War
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world is not on the verge of Cold War II, but something worse.
Opinion| Tensions over Ukraine reignite the Cold War between the United States and Russia
Washington and Kyiv accused Moscow of mobilizing forces and armored vehicles on its border with Ukraine in preparation for an attack, in a scenario similar to what happened in 2014 when Russia annexed the Crimea and an armed conflict broke out between Ukrainian forces and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, which killed thousands.
Nuclear tests in 1960s may have contributed to climate change
Atmospheric contamination widespread despite experiments occurring in remote locations
Cold War scoops top European Film Academy awards
Pawlikowski’s film about long-running love story in Soviet-era Poland won best film, best actress awards
CIA makes 12 million declassified pages available online
The CIA has made about 930,000 declassified documents, totaling some 12 million pages, available online.
NATO secretary general: ‘We are not in a Cold War’
As tensions rise between Russia and the West, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told “Conflict Zone” why he believes there is no new Cold War.
NATO and Russia want dialogue, not a new Cold War
The NATO summit in Warsaw is deciding on new troops for Eastern Europe. Russia is to be both deterred and invited to dialogue. Putin says he’s ready to talk and picks up the phone. Bernd Riegert reports from Warsaw.
Why Iraq failed and IS emerged: A way out
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader and the self-proclaimed caliph of the “Islamic State” (IS), was created in the Iraqi prison-like Camp Bucca under the American occupation. The deep humiliation felt by him and the rest of the 18% Sunni population of Iraq, after the exhaustive de-Baathifiction process, disbanding of the 300,000-strong Saddam’s Sunni army, and imprisoning many Sunni leaders, the occupying power flared up hatred and revenge among the group that …
OSCE turns 40 with a wary eye on Russia and Ukraine
Detente policy in the Cold War, conflict prevention and protection of human rights were the goals set when the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe was founded 40 years ago. How has the OSCE managed? Not too long ago, the Ukrainians were the ones who wanted to help others. When Ukraine took over the …
What Egypt and Russia want
Egyptian-Russian relations have been cold for around 40 years, but as Putin visits Egypt, the foreign policy game is changing for both countries
Who supports terrorist forces in the ongoing wars?
There is a war, or rather wars, taking place in the Middle East between political Islam and ruling regimes, and most observers note that on one side of these wars stands a group of states and governments while the other includes religious, extremist, and militant groups and organisations. The current scene may bring to mind …
Tahrir Squared: the discussion continues
There is no stopping the train, and it is important to do all that is possible to try to get to the right destination, rather than just go faster