This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 138. From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a ...

Much like the Soviet Union during the Cold War, China uses all of its resources to challenge, coerce, silence, and divide opinions about its policies and actions.

Global military expenditure rose by 9.4% in 2024 to $2.7 trillion, the steepest yearly rise since the end of the Cold War, according to data compiled by the global security think tank Stockholm ...

Frank Wisner’s career in espionage began in World War II, but his legacy was the creation of a CIA department that aimed to remake nations around the world.

At the rate that the Trump administration is alienating America’s friends and comforting its enemies, Russians may soon be triumphantly celebrating VA Day — Victory Over America Day.

What are proponents of great-power rivalry with China getting wrong? Michael Brenes: Great-power competition with China assumes that the United States is engaged in a new Cold War with China. The rise ...

Team Canada battled the Soviets during a politically fraught era. Now, today's Canadians have the Americans – and their politicians – to deal with at the 4 Nations Face-Off.

As the Cold War engulfed Asia in 1950 with the beginning of the Korean conflict, the US extended those bases for 5,000 miles along the entire Pacific littoral through mutual-defense agreements ...

A special preview of the documentary "Cold War Secrets of Northern Minnesota" A special preview of the documentary "Cold War Secrets of Northern Minnesota" The film focuses on the role northern ...

Can you explain why 2014 is the starting point of Cold War 2.0? In 2014, Vladimir Putin occupied Ukraine’s eastern territories and ultimately annexed Crimea, blatantly disregarding international ...

If you grew up anytime from the 1950s to the 1980s, The Cold War was omnipresent. Bomb drills, proxy wars, and fear of a nuclear apocalypse were on everyone's minds, pretty much all the time. It ...