Tag: Cold war
Engelhardt, Anniversaries That Never Will Be
By Tom Engelhardt
(Un)Happy Anniversary!
17 Years of War (and More to Come)
We’re already two years past the crystal anniversary and eight years short of the silver one, or...
Engelhardt, Anniversaries That Never Will Be
By Tom Engelhardt
(Un)Happy Anniversary!
17 Years of War (and More to Come)
We’re already two years past the crystal anniversary and eight years short of the silver one, or...
In Helsinki, Putin triumphs over Trump
Spearhead Analysis – 20.07.2018
By Fatima Ayub
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
The 16th July Helsinki summit between President Trump and President Putin lived up to its expectations of being the...
The myth of Chinese containment
The great debate on the meaning of China’s rise is coming to a close. Where academics once argued over whether the Asian power would...
Nuclear Posture Review: A product of 20th century thinking
By Dr. Harlan Ullman
Last week, senior officials of the Defense, State and Energy Departments presented the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review. However, a great opportunity...
Hawaii and the Horror of Human Error
By PAUL MCLEARY
“There are fail safes built into the system, but there aren’t enough fail safes”
The Cold War came to an end, somehow, without...
Face facts. The west that won the cold war no longer...
By Rafael Behr
Capitalism conquered the eastern bloc. That’s why liberal politics alone won’t defeat today’s populism
Finnish TV and toilet paper did as much to...
Why America Loses Wars It Starts
By Harlan Ullman
Since the end of World War II, why has America lost the wars it started? And why has America failed in...
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, War Without End
Donald Trump, now preparing to lead the country into the latest version of our endless wars, recently offered this look back at American military...
Tomgram: William Astore, A Violent Cesspool of Our Own Making
By William Astore
It was a moment few noticed on Inauguration Day. It took place just before Donald Trump praised Hillary Clinton to the applause...