The story of how an ABC film in 1983 changed President Reagan's mind about the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Explore the Cold War period, one of the most significant and tense times in modern history. Unlike traditional wars fought ...

The threat of nuclear war has dangled over humankind for much too long. We have survived so far through luck and brinkmanship. But the old, limited safeguards that kept the Cold War cold are long ...

This series of articles examines why today’s nuclear landscape is more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious than ...

The post-Cold War order ultimately proved disastrous for American liberalism: a return to the actually existing order of 1945 may prove more congenial.

Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again The Cold War prospect of global annihilation has faded from consciousness, but the warheads remain.

Global military expenditure rose by 9.4% in 2024 to $2.7 trillion, the steepest yearly rise since the end of the Cold War, according to data compiled by the global security think tank Stockholm ...

Since the cold war, chess has been privatised, and though it has yet to attract the interest of Russian billionaires, it has been one of the great gainers from the internet revolution. Once it was ...

Director Brian Knappenberger argues that the Cold War continues, and takes the history of it from right before World War II to the present day.

The cold war holds lessons for America’s rivalry with China, say Condoleezza Rice and Niall Ferguson Military strength matters, as do allies, but nothing is inevitable ...

The Odd Arctic Military Projects Spawned by the Cold War Many offbeat research efforts were doomed to fail, from atomic subways to a city under the ice.

An Airman with an Air National Guard security forces unit takes the plunge for cold-water immersion Jan. 27, 2023, as part of a 16-day Cold-Weather Operations Course led by the Air Force at Fort ...