Reports that four unidentified objects have now been shot down over North America are giving rise to speculation there’s a new Cold War above the clouds.
With winter on its way, plummeting temperatures could freeze the fighting, or ignite new rows over Western support for Kyiv.
Say what you like about the relationship between the three leaders, but one thing is for sure, their meetings were anything but mere photo-opportunities for vain politicians.
Like the hero of any tragedy, Gorbachev found himself brought down by his virtues as much as by the vices in his character.
In the West, the Russian president known as Gorby is lauded for ending the Cold War but at home his reformist policies of perestroika and glasnost are blamed by many for the break-up of the Soviet empire.
In speeches this week, the Defence Secretary and the Chief of the General Staff sent a clear message to Downing Street: we need more cash.
Western foreign policy failures cast a long shadow over our current economic and energy crises, and the war in Ukraine. What hope is there with a clown at the helm?
The two presidents share a bad habit of making inappropriate gaffes.
The cold warrior-in-chief did not want to pursue hostility with Russia after the wall came down.
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