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Saturday, September 20, 2025
TopicCold War

Topic: Cold War

Betrayals, quarrels, indifference—the long arc of Indian scepticism towards US, from Nehru to Modi

As Trump’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods come into effect, ThePrint takes a closer look at factors that have shaped Indian scepticism towards the US for the last eight decades.

Trump wants a new Yalta to assert American hegemony. History shows this grand plan will likely fail

US president's hopes that superpowers can collaborate to run the world together is a fantasy, not a policy.

Nehru flew to Beijing in 1954 hoping for peace. He was proved wrong

Italian author Andrea Benvenuti discussed Nehru’s vision of Indian foreign policy based on his book 'Nehru’s Bandung' in Delhi.

Mao Zedong viewed India as a major ideological rival in Asia

Andrea Benvenuti’s ‘Nehru’s Bandung’ explores a neglected aspect of India’s Cold War diplomacy, starting with Jawaharlal Nehru and Congress’ role in organising the 1955 Bandung Conference.

SubscriberWrites: Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis reshaped international law on missiles, showcasing diplomacy’s power in averting nuclear war and emphasising deterrence over warfare.

The world isn’t heading to a new Cold War. It’s closer to the 1930s world order collapse

The Great Depression was not simply the stock market crash of 1929. It brought profound cultural, social, and political changes to the world, from Minneapolis to Mumbai.

India recognised Mao’s China before UK, US. Nehru was keen to take the lead

In ‘Crosswinds’, Vijay Gokhale looks at India’s attempt to carve out a place for itself in the Indo-Pacific in the midst of the Cold War and the role China played in it.

Why is a self-confident India confronting the West? Read these signs, from US to Germany

Putin and Biden will be in Delhi for G20 in September. Perhaps they can do Modi and the rest of the leaders the courtesy of not letting their egos hijack world agenda?

Need for ‘Cold War’-era crisis mechanisms with China, stresses top White House official

US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said the Chinese had been ‘reluctant to engage in discussions around confidence-building or crisis communications, or hotlines.’

How John F Kennedy covered up a ‘quid-pro-quo’ deal with USSR that ended Cuban Missile Crisis

Documents released by National Security Archive add weight to long-held theory that US and Soviet Union struck a ‘quid pro quo' to avoid nuclear Armageddon at height of Cold War.

On Camera

World’s greatest cricket rivalry is now an off-field battle between BCCI, PCB, and ICC

An explosive email from ICC CEO to the PCB, accusing it of compromising ICC rules by making a video of match officials before the match with UAE, shows the fire isn’t doused yet.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.