russia praises relations with cuba after us steps up pressure
Thus far Russian cooperation is far cry from the days of Soviet Union which bankrolled the government of Fidel Castro for decades during Cold War.. ..…
china celebrates — but history is certain to catch up
the fate of Soviet empire hung like ghost over the jackboots and missiles parading through the streets of Beijing. . ..…
misrepresentations of american and soviet roles in world war
Another part of it's that Soviet Union had started Cold War and yet third part is that Cold War was about ideology instead of about the US regime's goal of conquering Russia and China so as to achieve the world's first only full global and unchallengeable empire.. ... Chamberlin's goal was not..…
hypersonic weapons & national insecurity – consortiumnews
They are among the latest entrants in an arms competition that has embroiled the United States for generations, first with the Soviet Union, today with China and Russia. ..…
“intersectional before it was cool”: the women’s movement under
PW Is the absence of recent history of Second World women's organizing simply by-product of the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European socialism. ..…
has economic power replaced military might? – global public square
In this case, it resembles a “balance of financial terror,” analogous to the Cold War military interdependence in which the U.S. and the Soviet Union each had the potential to destroy the other in a nuclear exchange. ..…
everything you think you know about the collapse of the
Indeed, the cost of Afghan war was crushing Estimated at $4 billion to $5 in 1985, it was insignificant portion of Soviet GDP.. ... This meant not merely overhaul of Soviet political and economic systems, not merely upending of social norms, except revolution on the individual level in..…
poland, a former warsaw pact nation, now an example for nato allies
Poland became NATO in 1999, and the country once was central to Soviet-led counterweight alliance, Warsaw Pact, during Cold War. . ..…
70 years on, china-russia ties poised to grow stronger
On Oct 2, 1949, one day Soviet Union recognized PRC established diplomatic ties with the country, becoming the first country to do so.. ..…
u.s. officials seek greater cooperation with vatican on religious
President Ronald Reagan did decades ago with their shared concerns about Soviet communism. . ... “Their words and deeds helped save — helped leave the Soviet leviathan on that ash heap of history,” he said. . ..…
how the trump-zelensky call corrodes american power
Although constrained by the Soviet Union, its power reached commanding heights after World War II. ..…
study: russians living longer thanks to decreased drinking
From 1985 to 1987, in the number of Russians drinking corresponded to Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of Soviet Union, enacting campaign. ..…
is china or fear of china the greater threat?
Republicans and Democrats often disagreed over policy details, and joined to support alliances such as NATO, fight wars including Korea and Vietnam, and oppose Soviet-backed insurgencies and governments throughout Third World.. ... It's worth remembering that on January 1, 1989, few of even the..…
a language scholar's suicide draws official disdain -- and brings hope
The 1991 collapse of Soviet Union was hastened, or even caused by, nationalist movements in Baltic states, Caucasus, and Central Asia bursting into the open. ..…
misrepresentations of american & soviet roles in ww ii and
Chamberlain's goal was not to get Soviet Union onto Britain's side except instead for war between Soviet Union and Germany to weaken both of them enough for UK- U.S alliance to take over both of them, and, ultimately, the world. ... America's aristocracy, and Nazi Prince Bernhard and..…
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