The motivations for Carter’s interest in Africa are deeply personal. His record should remind all democrats, including those in Africa, to hold leaders accountable to high ethical standards.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Cold War
Displaying 41 - 60 of 291 articles
He failed to understand that the struggle for justice and freedom in southern Africa was changing the world - and diplomacy itself.
The Wagner Group has become a tool to further Russian objectives in Africa without attracting the scrutiny that regular military units would.
Espionage routinely plays out between countries like the US and China. But a public spectacle like the Chinese spy balloon can change the game.
The agreement lets the US expand its access across military bases in the Philippines, unfolding a new chapter in the countries’ long military history.
If the west fulfils its promise to supply 300 modern main battle tanks to Ukraine, it could be a gamechanger.
Democrats have ridden the West to presidential electoral success since 1992, reversing their poor performances from the 1950s through the 1980s.
The audio version of a long form article on the history of the CIA and its relationship with Russia.
It started with the deaths of ten people in a locked-down apartment, but is not a widespread demonstration of unrest across CHina.
Cold War-era bunkers in Prague have been repurposed as tourist sites and nightlife venues. With war in Ukraine bringing renewed nuclear threats, could these bunkers revert to their original purpose?
The US and the Soviet Union never engaged in direct combat, but their influences were felt worldwide, including in armed conflicts involving other nations.
The Cold War provided the US with strategic and defensive advantages; some politicians also used it to push their view of what it meant to be American.
Nato began its life as a purely defensive alliance against the Soviet Union. But has that role changed over the years?
The global realignment triggered by the end of the Cold War and Gorbachev’s reforms ushered in a period of transition on the African continent.
For over a decade, Putin has been systematically destroying Gorbachev’s historic achievements.
While Mikhail Gorbachev was feted in the West — he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 — he was widely despised in Russia by those both mourning and celebrating the end of Soviet power.
Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state socialism.
Macron’s recent visits to Africa tell a story in which France is doing penance for its colonial crimes while trying to maintain influence gained through colonialism.
The decision is understandable, but it’s not without costs, both for Sweden and the wider world, especially in the longer term.
During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains.
Top contributors
-
Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
-
Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
-
Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
-
Lecturer in Strategic Studies and International Relations, University of Reading
-
Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
-
Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
-
Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
-
Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
-
Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
-
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
-
Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
-
Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
-
Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
