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Cold War

Jeff Daniels
NO NUKES

Emmy Winner Goes Full GOP Fever Dream to Embody Reagan

In “The Brink of War,” the star of “The Newsroom” gives a sturdy performance as the Republican president.

Nick Schager

Donald Trump
OLD SCHOOL

Trump’s Brain Flips Back to the 1970s in Ludicrous Ultimatum

The president was fully 50 years out of date in his latest demand.

Leigh Kimmins

Jeff Daniels in "The Brink of War"
FOR THE GIPPER

Trump-Hating Actor Transforms Into GOP Icon for New Movie

The Emmy-winning actor will portray a previous Republican president in the midst of his own nuclear crisis.

Owen Mason-Hill

American former CIA counterintelligence officer and Soviet spy Aldrich Ames (right) leaves the courthouse after receiving a life sentence, Washington DC, 28th April 1994. (Photo by Larry Downing/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)
DEATH OF A TRAITOR

Most Damaging Traitor in CIA History Dies in Prison at 84

Ten Soviet officials working for Western spy agencies were executed because of the CIA officer’s betrayal.

Harry Thompson

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opinion
‘I MUST BREAK YOU’

Today’s GOP Would’ve Rooted for Drago in ‘Rocky IV’

Sen. John Fetterman suggested his Republican colleagues are so pro-Russia that they’d root for the bad guys in a 1980s Cold War film.

Matt Lewis

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opinion
NOT YOUR FATHER’S COLD WAR

Russia, OPEC Drive U.S., China Into an Unlikely Partnership

Get your head out of the past—there’s a vital common interest between the 21st century’s two superpowers.

David Rothkopf

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the past is past

The Cold War Is Dead—Not Even Tom Cruise Can Bring It Back

There has been a lot of loose talk lately about how conflicts with Russia and China are rebooting the Cold War. That’s dumb—and dangerous—thinking.

Benjamin Cunningham

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opinion
A BALANCING ACT

NATO Prepares for Cold War II, Trying to Avoid World War III

Biden and Western leaders meeting in Brussels are working on defending Ukraine and NATO countries, containing Russia, and avoiding a global conflict.

David Rothkopf

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opinion
GLOBAL RESET

Sec. of State Blinken on Russia, Ukraine, and NATO’s Rebirth

Blinken talks with The Daily Beast about the Biden administration's response to the Russia/Ukraine crisis, part of the biggest reset to the international order since the Cold War.

David Rothkopf

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dig deeper

Louis Menand Dynamites the Cliche of the Sleepy Fifties

The Pulitzer-winning historian spent a decade researching and writing “The Free World,” a reexamination of Cold War America that turns a lot of old assumptions inside out.

Scott Porch

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opinion
BELIEVE

Cold War Kids’ Nathan Willett: My Evangelical Struggle

The frontman of the rock band Cold War Kids has largely stayed quiet about his faith. Here, he writes about his journey to—and away from—evangelical Christianity.

Nathan Willett

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