
Can a new Cold War be avoided?
A new volume of essays by Milan Kundera and Michael Doyle’s “Cold Peace” both provide fresh insight into the concept of Cold War.
A new volume of essays by Milan Kundera and Michael Doyle’s “Cold Peace” both provide fresh insight into the concept of Cold War.
Gareth Jones’ eyewitness reports, gathered at significant risk, were initially dismissed at a time when many in the West were supportive of Stalin.
The Russian President recognises the value of constructing his own “truth”. He just seems to have lost his talent for it.
With Armenians and Azerbaijanis gearing up again for a full-blown conflict, Turkey, the US and the EU are stepping in.
The toppling of these monuments – in Poland, Lithuania and Czechia – gives the spaces they once occupied new meaning.
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.
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.
Why are we surprised to discover that a dog with a long history of biting has bitten somebody?
The two presidents share a bad habit of making inappropriate gaffes.
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