Commentary / World May 17, 2020
China rivalry may put the U.S. back in the coup business
by Hal Brands
As in the Cold War, Washington might once again find itself seeking covert options to prevent important countries from aligning with Beijing.
World / Politics Mar 11, 2020
Lithuania seeks to heal Soviet trauma after 30 years of freedom
Seeking justice for victims of the Soviet regime to heal historical trauma has become a top priority for Lithuania as it marks 30 years since it became the first republic to break away from the USSR. Take Auksute Ramanauskaite Skokauskiene, one of Lithuania's most prominent ...
Business Feb 12, 2020
U.S. and German spies read top-secret messages of 120 countries for decades
U.S. and German intelligence services raked in the top-secret communications of governments around the world for decades through their hidden control of a top encryption company, U.S., German and Swiss media reported Tuesday. The Swiss company, Crypto AG, was a top supplier of devices for ...
World | FOCUS Feb 2, 2020
U.N. marks 75th anniversary in a world of distrust and shifting power
As the United Nations enters its 75th year, the world is still rife with mistrust: The United States remains the dominant superpower but is on the wane while Asian power is growing in the face of an increasingly fractured Europe, with an explosive Middle ...
Commentary / World Nov 20, 2019
Europe and U.S. are refighting the Cold War
by Hal Brands
Trans-Atlantic dispute sheds light on the best approach to China and Russia today.
Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 5, 2019
Politicians and campaigners are urging Germany to use the lessons of its own reunification to help bring North and South Korea together, but Berlin is in no rush to take up the challenge. A second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader ...
National / Politics Feb 4, 2019
Japan reluctantly endorses 'undesirable' U.S. exit from INF nuclear arms pact with Russia
The government on Monday endorsed the U.S. decision to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia, but stressed that the move is seen as "undesirable." "We understand the U.S. awareness of problems that led it to announce it will halt its ...
World Feb 1, 2019
U.S. secretly shipped Cold War-era plutonium to Nevada, raising safety fears and riling lawmakers
The U.S. government secretly shipped a large amount of deadly plutonium from a South Carolina site that produced the radioactive metal for nuclear bombs during the Cold War to Nevada, the Trump administration revealed on Wednesday. The Justice Department, on behalf of the Department of ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Nov 19, 2018
U.S. vice president's sharp China attacks fuel Asia's fears of a new Cold War
by Jason Scott, Dandan Li and Isabel Reynolds
Since the Soviet Union fell in the early 1990s, Southeast Asia has sought to avoid getting caught in a fight between major powers. The Trump administration is making that position look increasingly untenable. Vice President Mike Pence sharpened U.S. attacks on China during a week ...
National / Politics Oct 23, 2018
Japan to urge U.S. not to leave nuke pact, citing possible arms race, North Korea denuclearization
The government plans to call on the United States not to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, sources have said. Tokyo is concerned that Washington's possible unilateral withdrawal from the key nuclear treaty could accelerate its arms race with Russia and ...
World Nov 28, 2017
Hawaii to resume Cold War-era nuclear siren tests amid North Korea threat
Hawaii this week will resume monthly statewide testing of its Cold War-era nuclear attack warning sirens for the first time in about 30 years, in preparation for a potential missile launch from North Korea, emergency management officials said Monday. Wailing air-raid sirens will be sounded ...
World Aug 1, 2017
In a vast network of tunnels carved into the rocks under the Maltese capital Valletta, faded maps of the Mediterranean hint at the place's role in directing key battles in World War II. Malta is now restoring the 28-km (17-mile) of tunnels, planning to open ...