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.
World / Politics Feb 13, 2019
NATO planning for more Russian missiles but won't deploy more nuclear warheads in Europe, chief says
NATO is planning for "more Russian missiles" after the collapse of a landmark Cold War arms treaty, but will not deploy new nuclear warheads in Europe, the alliance's chief said Tuesday. Fears are growing of a new arms race in Europe after Washington started the ...
World Feb 12, 2019
In valley where Soviets were routed, Afghans are uneasy about prospect of U.S. withdrawal
The last time Abdul Karim saw Soviet forces he was a teenage mujahedeen fighter shivering on an Afghan mountainside, clutching his Kalashnikov and wondering if winter or the Russians would bring death first. "But then I heard (mujahedeen commander) Ahmad Shah Massoud over the walkie ...
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 ...
Commentary / World Jun 19, 2017
Remembering Helmut Kohl's unfinished business
by Leonid Bershidsky
The late German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was the man who put German history to bed, and helped lay the groundwork for the current confrontation between Russia and the West.
World Jan 27, 2017
Ceausescu bunker offers a window into Romania's brutal communist past
The hermetically sealed heavy steel door to the bunker of Romania's late communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, opens with a squeak, releasing a burst of cool air. The bunker sits two levels beneath a lavish villa in an upmarket neighborhood in Bucharest, Ceausescu's private residence through ...