Showing posts with label Cold War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cold War. Show all posts
Thursday, June 15, 2023

How Putin's KGB Years in East Germany Helped Shape Him

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At the Los Angeles Times , "Super Spy or Paper Pusher ." 
Friday, February 3, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken Cancels Trip to Beijing Over Chinese Spy Balloon (VIDEO)

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This is freaky cold war-level shit.  At the Wall Street Journal , " Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Suspected Spy Balloon Spotted...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Cold War II

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From Michael Lind, at the Tablet , " The U.S. is losing its economic advantage in a new era of global conflict ."
Saturday, September 3, 2022

Moscow’s Struggle to Sustain Its War in Ukraine

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At Foreign Affairs , " Is Russia’s Economy on the Brink? ": In April, just weeks after he launched the invasion of Ukraine, Russia...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91

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One of the biggest, most important leaders of the second half of the 20th century. He wrought monumental change, literally bringing about th...
Monday, August 29, 2022

Ukraine War Is Depleting U.S. Ammunition Stockpiles, Sparking Pentagon Concern

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At WSJ , " The level of one type of combat rounds in storage is ‘uncomfortably low,’ says a defense official ": WASHINGTON—The war...
Monday, August 22, 2022

The Underappreciated Risks of Catastrophic Escalation

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From Johm Mearsheimer, at Foreign Affairs , " Playing With Fire in Ukraine ": Western policymakers appear to have reached a consen...
Monday, March 14, 2022

Melvyn P. Leffler, A Preponderance of Power

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At Amazon, Melvyn P. Leffler, A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War .
Monday, February 28, 2022

Ukraine: Fighting Continues as Peace Talks End (VIDEO)

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I'm not exactly sure what was to be expected of the negotiations, especially since Putin was simultaneously bombing the hell out of civi...

Federal Government Warns Americans to Mask, Social Distance While Sheltering From Nuclear Explosions

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From Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, " IT’S COME TO THIS ." And on Twitter .
Sunday, February 27, 2022

In Dramatic Shift, Germany Begins Military Rearmament

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You have to think about Germany for a second.  It's been 77 years since the end of World War II. In the first half of the 20th century, ...

Europe's Dependence on Russia's Natural Gas Supplies Following the Invasion of Ukraine

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Oil. Petroleum. Fossils fuels. No matter how much radical environmentalists deceive the leaders of the developed democracies, the fact remai...

Putin's Looking to Rebuild Russia's Empire

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 It's Niall Ferguson, at the Spectator U.K. , " Vlad the Invader ." The pun refers to Vlad the Impaler: ‘War’, in Prussian mil...

Can Ukraine's Resistance Defeat the Russian Army?

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This was published before armed hostilities broke out Thursday. At War on the Rocks, " Can Ukrainian Resistance Foil a Russian Victory?...

Putin Raises Tensions by Putting Nuclear Forces on High Alert (VIDEO)

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Starting up today's Ukraine coverage. Check back throughout the day. At the New York Times , " Live Updates: Ukraine Agrees to Talk...
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Ukraine Civilians Take Up Arms Against Russian Invaders (VIDEO)

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Vitali Klitschko, the Mayor of Kyiv and the World Boxing Council's heavyweight champion, with his brother Wladimir (also a world champio...

Few Ukrainians Thought Vladimir Putin Would Would Launch Full-Scale Invasion

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At the editors' note appended to the top of this article: "On February 24, six hours after this article was filed, Russia began an ...

New U.S. Containment Policy Against the Soviet Union Russia

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I don't think most people realize, especially the weird right-wingers siding with Russia over Ukraine (something I haven't completel...

Vladimir Putin's Trifecta

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From Allahpundit, at Hot Air, " Is Putin trapped? ": His [Putin's] decision to attack Ukraine is frequently described as a “ga...

Ukraine Soldier's Viral Tweet on Russian Invasion: 'We've got everything. Your ass is ours, fellows!' (VIDEO)

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Except for those fleeing the country (for good reason), Ukrainians are very upbeat. Yesterday morning it was all gloom and doom on the telly...