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The spy networks that won the Cold War

The Cold War wasn’t fought through direct large-scale conflict between superpowers, but through intelligence, strategy, and influence. Behind the public tension between the United States and the ...
Forbes

Is The Cold War Really Over?

The Cold War is widely considered to have ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. It appeared to mark the end of an era with the fall of the Iron Curtain, the dissolution of the USSR, and ...
The Diplomat

Proponents of the ‘New Cold War’ Misread the Dangers of the Old One

Examine the origins of great power competition in the Cold War. In the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a global competition for allies, influence, and security. To many ...
The Nation

Sovietology and the End of the Cold War

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...