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TopicCold War

Topic: Cold War

Spy thrillers from the cold war need to make a comeback

Western spy fiction needs state actors with strong non-Western or, better, anti-Western values to become exciting again.

Democracy-mongers should face up to an ugly reality: It often generates chaos

Democracy remains a radically destabilising force, not a magical formula that, for all its repeated failures, keeps its vendors in stable employment.

At 70, why NATO is tense and divided, grappling with deep political fissures

There have been questions about the purpose & future direction of NATO since 1991, but its problems became more pronounced after Donald Trump became US President in 2017.

18 years after Sept 11, we live in a post-post-Cold War world

Since the mid-2000s, Russia's Vladimir Putin has structured his politics and regime around the idea of the American enemy and the danger posed by free societies.

Nehru was pursuing a Kashmir solution with Pakistani support, but Cold War came in the way

Nehru's plan would have solidified status quo, allowing Pakistan to incorporate portion of Kashmir under its control, and India to do the same.

Not just Nehru, even sister Vijaya Lakshmi had strong reasons to decline UNSC permanent seat

Nehru declined UNSC offers because ensuing entanglements would likely have rendered India a muted marionette in Cold War.

World’s most significant security conference warns of toughest challenge since Cold War

Munich Security Conference says liberal world order now being dismantled by Donald Trump’s presidency, among other threats.

Trump and Putin play chess over Venezuela, and the inner workings of Theresa May’s mind

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

How Xi Jinping emerged as the most important and disruptive leader in the world

An increasingly powerful China under Xi Jinping has led international observers to fear the possibility of a new Cold War.

Former US president George H W Bush dies at 94

George HW Bush, a decorated war pilot and former CIA chief, helped steer America through the end of the Cold War while serving as the country's 41st president.

On Camera

Why fruity men are winning hearts on dating apps—it’s survival of the softest

An average single girl likes men who care about women’s cricket, skip the ‘harmless sexist jokes’ and listen to them rant without offering solutions. She still might call him a ‘performative male’ for ticking every box.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.