Cold War

The NATO military alliance in April marked 75 years since the signing of its founding treaty in Washington — where its members gather for an anniversary summit this week. Here are some facts and figures about the organization forged in…
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Countries must do more to avert the costly consequences of growing global trade fragmentation, and help avert a “second Cold War,” the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) managing director said Thursday. “I am among those who know what…
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The US on Wednesday pledged more troops, warplanes and warships for Europe as NATO launched its biggest military expansion since the Cold War in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Western military alliance declared Russia the…
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The Asia-Pacific region must not return to the tensions of the Cold War era, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, ahead of a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden expected as soon as next week. Xi, in a recorded video…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that NATO does not want a new Cold War with China. "When it comes to China, I don't think anyone around the table wants to slip into a new cold war with China," he added in a statement…
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George Shultz, Ronald Reagan’s genial secretary of state who identified a diplomatic opening that helped end the Cold War but contributed to a new brand of conflict by advocating preemptive strikes, has died. He was 100. An economics…
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