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Putin Says Will Deploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbor and ally Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union. Putin has previously issued thinly veiled warnings that he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine if Russia were threatened, reviving…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Editorial: Up in the air: What are we shooting down every day?

In 1957, during the frosty years of the Cold War, Ike and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker established the North American Air Defense Command in anticipation of defending the continent from Soviet long-range bombers — Sputnik was still a few months away — and NORAD went on alert.

Tribune News Service

Underground UK city built to survive nuclear attack remains untouched to this day

The series of tunnels and rooms constructed during the Cold War includes a railway station and hospital and was even rumoured to have its own pub

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Russia declares U.S. Sakharov Foundation 'undesirable'

In an echo of the Cold War, Russian authorities blacklisted on Monday a U.S.-based foundation named for Andrei Sakharov, the late Soviet-era dissident physicist known for supporting nuclear disarmament, international cooperation, and human rights.

Reuters

China's top diplomat calls for 'dialogue', cooperation with U.S.

China and the United States must pursue dialogue rather than confrontation and avoid the mistakes made during the Cold War, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday in his first public comments since his appointment as head of the ruling Communist Party's foreign affairs office.

Reuters

Cold War legacy lurking in groundwater

Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind

Salon

Xi meets Biden: 'No Cold War', but a 'red line' on Taiwan

The US and Chinese leaders have held a three-hour bilateral from which the two sides produced completely different accounts. What we do know is that Xi Jinping was adamant that Taiwan was a red line he would not cross. Although Joe Biden stated there is "no Cold War" between China…

France 24

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Alex Salmond defends Chinese Confucius Institutes in security fears row

ALEX Salmond has called for an end to the “Cold War mentality” towards China after it was announced the government may crack down on Confucius…

The National (Scotland)

‘A way through the darkness’: the art show sublimating the horrors of past half-century

In The Horror Show!, artists and film-makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Polland curate a terrifying tour through the times of their lives, from cold war angst to Gen Z activism

The Guardian - UK

China accuses US of 'Cold War thinking' in security strategy

The Chinese government has accused Washington of “Cold War thinking.”

The Independent UK

Some Ukrainians voice mixed reactions to Nobel prize winners

A day after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize with fellow human rights campaigners from Belarus and Russia, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties praised the work of her fellow laureates but cautioned against lumping the three together in a Cold War-like narrative

The Independent UK

Japanese leader's trip to China in '72 was diplomatic gamble

The Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the peak of the Cold War

The Independent UK

Africa leader warns of pressure to choose sides in Ukraine

The chairperson of the African Union says that the continent doesn't want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War

The Independent UK

Gorbachev played a positive role, but 'under duress', Walesa says

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, played a positive role in ending the Cold War, but he did it "under duress", as Communism was already disintegrating, former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa said on Thursday.

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The Conversation

Gorbachev remembered: Respected in the West, detested in Russia

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is dead. Given the tributes being paid to him in the West for his efforts to end the Cold War, it might be difficult to appreciate just how unpopular he became in his native Russia.

Reuters

While rest of EU mourns, Baltics recall Gorbachev as agent of repression

Widely praised in the West as a towering statesman who helped end the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev was remembered in the Baltic states on Wednesday as a repressive autocrat who unsuccessfully tried to stop them from breaking away from the Soviet Union.

Radio France Internationale

West pays tribute to Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who ended Cold War

Western leaders have paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, who died on Tuesday in Russia at the age of 91. France’s Emmanuel Macron hailed a "man of peace whose choices have opened a path of freedom for Russians”.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The death of Mikhail Gorbachev

In today’s newsletter: titanic figure of the 20th century, who had a key role in the end of the cold war, has died aged 91

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91

Gorbachev was the Soviet Union's last leader and played a central role in ending the Cold War. The hospital that treated him said he died of a serious and protracted disease.

The Guardian - UK

Tributes for Mikhail Gorbachev pour in after death of former Soviet leader – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Follow all the latest Mikhail Gorbachev updates here

The Hindu

Russia says it would be ready to extend spaceflight sharing deal with U.S.

The deal is an unusual example of Moscow and Washington still cooperating at a time when ties are at a post-Cold War low due to tensions.

Axios

Russia threat rekindles NATO's sense of purpose

"The biggest overhaul of collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War."

Axios

NATO to dramatically increase size of high-readiness forces

The move helps constitute "the biggest overhaul of collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War."

The Independent UK

Stoltenberg sets out plan for biggest overhaul of Nato since the Cold War

Boris Johnson will join allies in Spain on Tuesday for a summit Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said would be ‘transformative’.

The Independent UK

Danish ex-foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen dies at 80

Uffe Elleman-Jensen who was Denmark’s foreign minister for more than 10 years from the early 1980s and was considered one of the Nordic region’s key politicians in the end phase of the Cold War, has died

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