List of Cold War articles
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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Julius (R, 1918-53) and Ethel Rosenberg (L, 1915-53) are seated in a police van in 1953 in New York shortly before their execution for espionage. Rosenberg, husband and wife, joined the US Communist Party, and were convicted of being part of a transatlantic spy ring uncovered after the trial of Klaus Fuchs in Britain. They were found guilty in a highly controversial trial of passing on atomic secrets to the Soviet Union and became the first US civilians to be executed for espionage in Sing Sing Prison 19 June 1953. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) The Sins of the Father Shall Not Be Visited on the Son
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's son has devoted his life to aiding children of imprisoned radical leftists. And his work is about to become more urgent than ever.
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during the Ice Sledge Hockey Classification match between the Czech Republic and Korea at the Shayba Arena during day five of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games on March 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Vladimir Putin Isn’t a Supervillain
Russia is neither the global menace, nor dying superpower, of America’s increasingly hysterical fantasies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 George Kennan Is Still the Russia Expert America Needs
The architect of Washington’s Cold War strategy offers President-elect Trump the best guide for managing Moscow.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY "China-politics-rights-Tiananmen" by Robert Saiget(FILES) This file photo taken on June 2, 1989 shows hundreds of thousands of Chinese gathering around a 10-metre replica of the Statue of Liberty (C), called the Goddess of Democracy, in Tiananmen Square demanding democracy despite martial law in Beijing. Families of those killed in the crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests on June 2, 2010 demanded China end its silence and open a dialogue on the bloodshed. In an annual open letter, 128 members of the Tiananmen Mothers castigated the Communist Party government for ignoring its calls for openness on the crackdown that occurred June 3-4, 1989 and vowed never to give up their fight. (Photo by CATHERINE HENRIETTE/AFP/Getty Images) Could Mikhail Gorbachev Have Saved the Soviet Union?
The Soviet leader is remembered as the man who killed a superpower. But Gorbachev’s gambit on reforms could have worked -- if only he wasn't betrayed by the Communist Party.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump’s ‘Ideology Test’ Could Bring Back a Hated McCarthy-era Law
Donald Trump's plan would dredge up a Cold War-era law that critics say betrayed U.S. values without improving security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.S. President Who Finally Went to Hiroshima
Why visiting where we dropped an atomic bomb in 1945 is the only way to grasp the depths of human cruelty that transpired there.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Voices Carry: How Careless Campaign Bombast Can Undo Administrations
It matters not only what you do as a candidate, but also what you say.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Realist Playbook Is Perfect, Except for One Thing. Reality.
Michael Mandelbaum’s latest tome of hardball IR theory is stuck in Westphalia. Realist or not, President Obama isn't buying it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Unwinding Taiwan’s Cold War Legacy
While President Obama visited Cuba last week to restore relations with the Castro-run island and put an “end the legacy of the Cold War” in Latin America, democratic Taiwan is still strangled by Cold War legacies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The White House Just Made It Easier to Travel to Cuba
The White House just made it easier for Cuban baseball players to work in the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Are We Entering a New Cold War?
It’s not a strong Russia we should fear, but a weak one.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Communism Wins Again: North Korea Invents Hangover-Free Alcohol
Scientists in North Korea claim they have invented hangover-free alcohol.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington and Havana Mail In Closer Ties
The United States and Cuba announce that normal mail service will resume between the two former rivals.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia Is Repeating Cold War Mistakes in Syria
In 1957, the Soviet Union’s ally Egypt intervened in Syria’s messy politics. It didn’t go well. Why does Putin think this time will be different?
