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Geography Of Chess: Unfolding Spatial Dimensions Of The Boardgame
Stepping into the Cold War era, chess emerged as a strategic playground for geopolitics.
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"City Under Ice": NASA Discovers Secret US Military Base 100 Feat Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
The discovery was made in April, when a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft flew over the area, revealing the remnants of Camp Century, a long-abandoned Cold War-era military base.
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Russia Formally Withdraws From A Key Post-Cold War Security Treaty
Russia formally withdrew on Tuesday from a key post-Cold War security treaty designed to de-escalate potential East-West conflicts, in a latest sign of rising tensions between Russia and NATO.
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Deepening China-Russia Alliance May Lead To Another Cold War
The heirs to two of the most violent revolutions in modern history shook hands and took stock of their "comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era", at a recent meeting in Moscow.
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Timeline: The Gorbachev Era And The Collapse Of The Soviet Union
Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.
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At UN, Joe Biden Promises 'Relentless Diplomacy,' Defence Of Democracy
US President Joe Biden mapped out a new era of vigorous competition without a new Cold War despite China's ascendance during his first United Nations address on Tuesday, promising military restraint and a robust fight against climate change.
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US' "Indo-Pacific Strategy" Will Lead To Division, Chaos In Area: China
China's military today criticised the Biden administration for continuing the Trump era "Indo-Pacific strategy", saying the US should not form "cliques" or provoke "new Cold War" featuring bloc confrontation.
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US Knew About Indonesia 'Slaughter' In 1960, Secret Files Show
The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the time describing the bloodletting as "widespread slaughter", recently declassified documents have revealed.
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Slovenia Hideouts Spill Cold War Secrets
Almost three decades after the end of the Cold War, secrets from the era of espionage and power games are now resurfacing in Slovenia.
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Russian Ex-Spy Alexander Litvinenko Case: 'Nuclear Terrorism' In London
The case of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian secret agent killed with radioactive poison in London in 2006, had all the hallmarks of a Cold War era thriller with a human tragedy at its centre.
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Top Secret Cold War Banknotes From 1970s Now Surface In Poland
Top secret Cold War-era banknotes printed by the Warsaw Pact for use in case of a war with the West were shown publicly in the Polish capital for the first time today.
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Mystery Numbers In North Korea Broadcasts Carry Cold War Echoes
North Korea's state radio has recently broadcast strings of indecipherable numbers, Seoul officials said today, in a possible resumption of a Cold War era method of sending coded messages to spies operating in South Korea.
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Barack Obama Banishes Vietnam War Era With Lifting Of Arms Ban
US President Barack Obama today scrapped a Cold War-era ban on weapons sales to Vietnam, as ties between the former foes grow closer thanks to trade and mutual fears of Chinese expansion in disputed seas.
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BAFTA 2016: Carol, Bridge of Spies Tie For Top Honours
Steven Spielberg spy thriller Bridge of Spies and the story of romance between two women Carol led nominations on Friday for Britain's Bafta film awards, seen as a tip for later Oscar success. Both Cold War era stories set in the United States in the 1950s, the films have nine nominations each and are both nominated in the best film category
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Rajiv Gandhi Regarded Pakistan as 'Strategic Buffer' Against USSR: Report
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was open to the idea of supporting anti-Russian civilian groups in Pakistan if the regime under General Zia-ul-Haq was ousted by the then Soviet Union, contradicting the perceived proximity between New Delhi and Moscow during the cold war era in 1985, claimed a recently declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CI...
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Geography Of Chess: Unfolding Spatial Dimensions Of The Boardgame
Stepping into the Cold War era, chess emerged as a strategic playground for geopolitics.
-
"City Under Ice": NASA Discovers Secret US Military Base 100 Feat Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
The discovery was made in April, when a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft flew over the area, revealing the remnants of Camp Century, a long-abandoned Cold War-era military base.
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Russia Formally Withdraws From A Key Post-Cold War Security Treaty
Russia formally withdrew on Tuesday from a key post-Cold War security treaty designed to de-escalate potential East-West conflicts, in a latest sign of rising tensions between Russia and NATO.
-
Deepening China-Russia Alliance May Lead To Another Cold War
The heirs to two of the most violent revolutions in modern history shook hands and took stock of their "comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era", at a recent meeting in Moscow.
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Timeline: The Gorbachev Era And The Collapse Of The Soviet Union
Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.
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At UN, Joe Biden Promises 'Relentless Diplomacy,' Defence Of Democracy
US President Joe Biden mapped out a new era of vigorous competition without a new Cold War despite China's ascendance during his first United Nations address on Tuesday, promising military restraint and a robust fight against climate change.
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US' "Indo-Pacific Strategy" Will Lead To Division, Chaos In Area: China
China's military today criticised the Biden administration for continuing the Trump era "Indo-Pacific strategy", saying the US should not form "cliques" or provoke "new Cold War" featuring bloc confrontation.
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US Knew About Indonesia 'Slaughter' In 1960, Secret Files Show
The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the time describing the bloodletting as "widespread slaughter", recently declassified documents have revealed.
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Slovenia Hideouts Spill Cold War Secrets
Almost three decades after the end of the Cold War, secrets from the era of espionage and power games are now resurfacing in Slovenia.
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Russian Ex-Spy Alexander Litvinenko Case: 'Nuclear Terrorism' In London
The case of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian secret agent killed with radioactive poison in London in 2006, had all the hallmarks of a Cold War era thriller with a human tragedy at its centre.
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Top Secret Cold War Banknotes From 1970s Now Surface In Poland
Top secret Cold War-era banknotes printed by the Warsaw Pact for use in case of a war with the West were shown publicly in the Polish capital for the first time today.
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Mystery Numbers In North Korea Broadcasts Carry Cold War Echoes
North Korea's state radio has recently broadcast strings of indecipherable numbers, Seoul officials said today, in a possible resumption of a Cold War era method of sending coded messages to spies operating in South Korea.
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Barack Obama Banishes Vietnam War Era With Lifting Of Arms Ban
US President Barack Obama today scrapped a Cold War-era ban on weapons sales to Vietnam, as ties between the former foes grow closer thanks to trade and mutual fears of Chinese expansion in disputed seas.
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BAFTA 2016: Carol, Bridge of Spies Tie For Top Honours
Steven Spielberg spy thriller Bridge of Spies and the story of romance between two women Carol led nominations on Friday for Britain's Bafta film awards, seen as a tip for later Oscar success. Both Cold War era stories set in the United States in the 1950s, the films have nine nominations each and are both nominated in the best film category
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Rajiv Gandhi Regarded Pakistan as 'Strategic Buffer' Against USSR: Report
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was open to the idea of supporting anti-Russian civilian groups in Pakistan if the regime under General Zia-ul-Haq was ousted by the then Soviet Union, contradicting the perceived proximity between New Delhi and Moscow during the cold war era in 1985, claimed a recently declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CI...
