BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO on Wednesday reported an “unusual” spike in Russian military flights over the Black, Baltic and North seas and the Atlantic Ocean during the past two days. Alliance military spokesman Lt. Col. Jay Janzen that four groups made up of Tu-95 Bear H strategic bombers, MiG-31 fighters and other Russian warplanes had […]

Communism was the shared ideology of the United States’ cold war foes: the Soviet Union (1946–1991) and currently the People’s Republic of China. 

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“The 2024 trade was not a defeat, as spy swaps have long been a commonplace calculation since before the Cold War,” he said. Beijing had priced it in.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said again blamed the US for Islamic terrorism and unrest in Ukraine in a report that described his speech as "diatribe … that was reminiscent of the Cold War."

He urged members to resist protectionism, reject Cold War thinking, and oppose bloc confrontation, while calling on BRICS countries to take greater responsibility and “be pioneers” in addressing global challenges. Chen Pokong, a U.S.

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War era.

Economic constraints and a desire for geo-strategic stability limit the wisdom and affordability of a Cold War-style stand-off between the two.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the US and NATO of not changing their "Cold War" genetic code, according to comments he delivered a few days ago.

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The head of a Chinese aviation industry group recently said that China’s J-31 stealth fighter could take out the US F-35 Lightning II in head-to-head combat. AVIC Chairman Lin Zuomin told state-run broadcaster CCTV that the J-31 “will finish it off in the sky,” according to Bloomberg News. However, the state-run Chinese Communist mouthpiece Global […]

Unlike the arms race seen during the Cold War, however, there are no mechanisms in place to constrain the military escalation in Asia.

After the publication of the 2026 NZSIS threat assessment, the Chinese Embassy in Wellington accused the agency of a “Cold War mentality” and said allegations of Chinese espionage either distorted normal exchanges or were fabricated.

After all, the 1951 Defense of Greenland agreement with Denmark allowed the United States to build 50 military installations in Greenland during the Cold War. Consequently, why not just use it, as was done during the Cold War?

The Cold War between the Americans and Soviets had been broiling from nearly the moment the world entered the nuclear age in August 1945. The arms race had been going on for about as long. Kennedy advocated the path of peace.

That concern did not disappear with the “end of the Cold War.”

Area 51 was the subject of intense scrutiny by the Soviet Union during the Cold War, while the United States used the secret facility to test Soviet aircraft and radar systems.

Ahead of the vote, he said that Finland needed to remove what he described as a Cold War-era restriction.

A country can choose to be less dependent on China without establishing an iron curtain and living under constant threat of war, as during the Cold War.

Germany became the backbone of the U.S. military presence in Europe during the Cold War, but that footprint has since shrunk dramatically. There were an estimated 250,000 U.S. troops in Germany at its peak during the 40-plus year Cold War.

“When the Communist Party says that the U.S. should abandon its Cold War mentality, what it means is precisely that the Party has a Cold War mentality.

Like the Kentucky site, the 3,700-acre former Cold War-era uranium-enrichment complex features large, flat terrain, access to water, and extensive legacy infrastructure.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says the United States is increasing its focus on defending its own interests. He accuses previous administrations after the Cold War of not putting America first in their policies.

More than 25 years after the end of the Cold War, we found ourselves on the same side, facing the Russians again.

A series of drawdowns following the end of World War II and the Cold War culminated in the consolidation of all U.S. military operations by 2004 to what is now the Pituffik Space Base.

a de facto Cold War with the CCP.

Further concerning the Cold War concept, divided Germany plays into this. Before the Cold War, Germany was divided between adopting or refusing “western”  ideals.

What's the significance of the "Miracle on Ice" for those who had lived through the Cold War? We hear from folks in Washington. The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has sent alarms to China, Russia, and Iran.