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The sites provide a rare tangible record of the international solidarity that existed during the Cold War.
China has provided Russia with economic support during the war in Ukraine. But Beijing may be concerned over recent events in Moscow.
The Soviets controlled the media, set up camps for dissenters and installed politicians who would do their bidding in east Berlin and east Germany.
The allies determination to ‘save’ Berlin by flying planes in day after day in 1948, was a symbolic turning point.
If Russia moves nuclear warheads into Belarus the political fallout could be enormous.
Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore the importance of Henry Kissinger’s legacy in government and as a public intellectual.
As a displaced scholar, I never thought a show depicting events affecting modern Turkey would so strongly impact my interpretation of historical and political contexts intersecting with my family.
Will Joe Biden be able to maintain the balance that has so far allowed him to avoid serious Vietnam-like errors in Ukraine?
A scholar of Russia’s legal code explains the case against the Wall Street Journal reporter accused of espionage.
Marco Bellochio’s series is the latest interpretation of a murder that continues to haunt Italy.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is far from the first American journalist to be accused of spying, a media historian explains.
A historian looks at the steps leading up to Finland joining the Western strategic alliance – and what that means for small nations elsewhere.
There are fears that escalating US-Chinese tensions could threaten the independence of African and other nonaligned nations.
The motivations for Carter’s interest in Africa are deeply personal. His record should remind all democrats, including those in Africa, to hold leaders accountable to high ethical standards.
He failed to understand that the struggle for justice and freedom in southern Africa was changing the world - and diplomacy itself.
The Wagner Group has become a tool to further Russian objectives in Africa without attracting the scrutiny that regular military units would.
Espionage routinely plays out between countries like the US and China. But a public spectacle like the Chinese spy balloon can change the game.
The agreement lets the US expand its access across military bases in the Philippines, unfolding a new chapter in the countries’ long military history.
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in Strategic Studies and International Relations, University of Reading
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Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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