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The 32 greatest '80s actors

As the Cold War ended and shopping malls sprang up, these were the biggest stars on the screen

Total Film

UK risks repeat of 1930s without more investment in armed forces, former British Army chief warns

It comes amid warnings that the threat to Britain from hostile states is the highest since the Cold War.

Evening Standard

West must prepare for all-out war with Russia within 20 years, Nato official says

The warning comes as Nato begins its largest military exercise since the Cold War next week

Evening Standard

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The Largest UK Deployment To NATO Since the Cold War Announced

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announces the largest UK deployment to NATO since the Cold War which adds 2000 sailors, 400 royal marines, and 16000 British troops to the NATO forces.

International Business Times UK

UK Announces Biggest Military Deployment To NATO Exercises In Decades

Britain will send 20,000 armed forces personnel to one of NATO's largest exercises since the Cold War, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Monday, warning of increasing threats to the Western-led alliance.

International Business Times

UK to deploy 20,000 troops in NATO's largest defense exercise

The UK announces deployment of 20,000 troops for NATO's largest exercise since the Cold War, aiming to stress test collective defense and deter potential t...

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Displaced comrades: cold war rivalries, lies and spies among Sydney’s Russian émigrés

A new book reveals how two clubs on opposite sides of George Street – and the cold war – played a key role in Australia’s era of espionage

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The global nuclear order is under strain

The global nuclear order is looking increasingly shaky

The Hindu

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Associated Press correspondent Roland Prinz, who spent decades covering Europe, dies at age 85

A former Associated Press correspondent who spent four decades covering the Cold War and the fall of communism has died at age 85

The Independent UK

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Henry Kissinger dies aged 100: The key moments in the life of the US foreign policy giant

The late politician was famous for shaping US foreign policy during the Cold War

Evening Standard

Can't wait for Napoleon? Watch these 5 great historical dramas on Netflix, Max and more

From Cleopatra to the Cold War, here's what to stream before Joaquin Phoenix's turn as the French general

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Is the United Nations toothless in ending wars?

The Hindu Parley discussion | The United Nations has become toothless in bringing about peace, citing the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine as examples. Has the U.N. become toothless in ending wars?

PC Gamer

Alt-history multiplayer FPS '83 is back from the dead under a new studio, and they're looking for testers

The Cold War-turned-hot FPS was left in limbo when original developer Antimatter Games was closed earlier this year.

Radio France Internationale

Olympics 1972: Tragic hostage-taking casts deep shadow over Munich Olympics

In 1972, at the height of the Cold War, the Federal Republic of Germany hosted the 20th Olympic Games in Munich. While the West German government wanted to use the "Games of Peace and Joy" to forget the memory of the Olympic Games organised by Adolf Hitler in Berlin in…

The Hindu

Vietnam, key piece of America’s Indo-Pacific puzzle

Given the complex history of American involvement in Vietnam during the Cold War, the elevation in U.S.-Vietnam ties by the Biden administration is a significant step up

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The Independent UK

Moscow court refuses to hear appeal by detained US journalist Evan Gershkovich

This is the first instance of a Western journalist being arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the end of the Cold War

France 24

When four nuclear bombs fell onto Spanish village of Palomares

During the Cold War, the US military conducted manoeuvres in Spain’s Andalusia region. On January 17, 1966, a bomber and a supply plane collided in mid-air. From the belly of the bomber, four thermonuclear bombs fell to the ground. There was no nuclear explosion, as luckily they were unarmed. But…

The Conversation

Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn't pick sides

Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a structural transformation. At the heart of it is the challenge posed to the hegemony of the US. This is primarily being led by Russia and China which are discontented with Washington’s excesses across the…

The Week

The next superpowers: who will hold sway in 2050?

For anyone who grew up in the Cold War, defining what a “superpower” is would be easy.

The Conversation

From Oppenheimer to Milton Friedman: how the Cold War battle of economic ideas shaped our world

Is Oppenheimer a movie for our time, reminding us of the tensions, dangers and conflicts of the old Cold War while a new one threatens to break out?

The Hindu

Nuclear signalling, the need for new guard rails

The conflict in Ukraine and the recourse to nuclear rhetoric have revived concerns about nuclear escalation management between the major nuclear powers

The Independent UK

US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War

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