The West is charging off into a new Cold War with Russia under banners of hypocrisy, from charges of “expansionism” to complaints about disrespect for individual rights. This lack of balance could have grave consequences for the world, says former…
Tag: Cold War
The Two Sides of the Berlin Wall
Obama Urged to Show Restraint on Ukraine
Forgetting the Lessons of Deterrence
“Tough-guy/gal-ism” is rampant again in Official Washington with many New Cold Warriors lusting for a military confrontation with Russia. But few of these hawks have a clear idea how deterrence worked during the real Cold War, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul…
Risks of a New ‘Zero-Sum’ Cold War
The Flaw in ‘Cornering’ Russia
Six Decades of H-Bomb Cover-ups
Cuba Inches Toward New Future
Waiting to Launch Armageddon
A Life Sacrificed for Peace
On Sept. 18, 1961, a plane carrying UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold crashed in Africa as he was negotiating to stop a war in Congo. Hammarskjold’s death removed one of the great advocates for international peace, as Roger Lipsey explains in…