Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the US and NATO of not changing their "ColdWar" genetic code, according to comments he delivered a few days ago.
The head of a Chinese aviation industry group recently said that China’s J-31 stealth fighter could take out the US F-35 Lightning II in head-to-head combat. AVIC Chairman Lin Zuomin told state-run broadcaster CCTV that the J-31 “will finish it off in the sky,” according to Bloomberg News. However, the state-run Chinese Communist mouthpiece Global […]
Michael Waller joins One-on-One to trace the ColdWar roots of U.S. intelligence, Ronald Reagan’s battle against communism, and why he believes ideological activism, from universities to intelligence agencies, now distorts national security.
After all, the 1951 Defense of Greenland agreement with Denmark allowed the United States to build 50 military installations in Greenland during the ColdWar. Consequently, why not just use it, as was done during the ColdWar?
It is worth noting that, in their early decades, both the “rules-based international order” and post-ColdWar globalization delivered real and substantial benefits to the United States as a whole.
Area 51 was the subject of intense scrutiny by the Soviet Union during the ColdWar, while the United States used the secret facility to test Soviet aircraft and radar systems.
In 1954, during the ColdWar, Congress added the phrase “under God,” reflecting the period’s effort to define American identity in moral as well as political terms.
The Pledge of Allegiance memorial in Westfield, Mass.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth says the United States is increasing its focus on defending its own interests. He accuses previous administrations after the ColdWar of not putting America first in their policies.
Further concerning the ColdWar concept, divided Germany plays into this. Before the ColdWar, Germany was divided between adopting or refusing “western” ideals.
What's the significance of the "Miracle on Ice" for those who had lived through the ColdWar? We hear from folks in Washington.
The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has sent alarms to China, Russia, and Iran.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth says the United States is increasing its focus on defending its own interests. He accuses previous administrations—that were in office after the coldwar—of not putting America first in their policies.
Between 1979 and his arrest in 2001, Robert Hanssen abused his position as an FBI agent by working as a spy for the Soviet Union and the post-ColdWar Russian government.
A Critique of the Post-ColdWar Order
Rubio’s address included sharp criticism of the post-ColdWar consensus, while also praising it for enabling the United States and its allies to resist the onslaught of Soviet communism and to emerge victorious and
Therefore, in this “ColdWar Redux,” the Navy will have to be global, present, on the strategic and operational offensive, and ready to fight. If this sounds like the old ColdWar Navy, it should.
“The ColdWar was fundamentally a clash between incompatible systems,” Feng told The Epoch Times. “To transfer technology to the CCP is to aid the enemy.”
Feng Chongyi, associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney, said Europe is finally acknowledging that it is already in a de facto ColdWar with the CCP.
Commentary
I would like to talk about our two coldwars, the one that we won against Russia and the one that we’re de facto in against China. They’re very different.
An alleged drone attack hit the Chernobyl nuclear reactor site in Ukraine and was able to pierce the shield of the facility that experienced a nuclear disaster during the ColdWar.
While this strategy helped win the ColdWar, it also led to the decline of U.S. manufacturing. Today, the ColdWar is long over, yet the economic policies that sacrificed U.S. industry remain unchanged.
The Armenia–Azerbaijan dispute effectively ended the ColdWar and post-ColdWar era of “freezing conflicts” rather than resolving them decisively through the efforts of the opposing parties.
-made F-35A stealth fighter jets capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons, marking the first time since the ColdWar that the UK’s air force will be able to carry nuclear arms.
Maduro Is China’s Proxy, Echoing Cuba’s ColdWar Role
If this scenario seems familiar, it’s because Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has taken a page from Fidel Castro’s ColdWar playbook.