Cold War – Page 4 – Asia Times

The US-China trade war has entered a new, darker phase. Photo: iStock

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China rolls out a white paper and not a white flag in US trade war

by Gordon Watts September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Adolph Hitler. Photo: Flickr Commons

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How ‘brutal dictators’ get access to evil

by David Simmons September 11, 2018September 12, 2018

Crew are seem on top of the Indian nuclear submarine Arihant. Photo: Indian Defense Ministry

China, India, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Missile defense systems bad for India-Pakistan nuclear detente

by Mohan Guruswamy August 24, 2018

He said, Xi said: China has been saying for years that the US has a 'Cold War' mentality. Policymakers in Washington reply, 'You started it!'

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China ‘by definition’ is waging a cold war with US, says CIA expert

by Asia Times staff July 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The Pentagon. Photo: Flickr Commons

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How the last superpower was unchained

by Tom Engelhardt June 17, 2018

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Photo: Flickr

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Beyond golden shower diplomacy: preserving a positive legacy

by Alfred McCoy May 27, 2018

Illustration: iStock

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Trade war ‘cluster bombs’ could explode across Asia

by Gordon Watts April 27, 2018February 18, 2020

China President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the Boao Forum for the Asia Annual Conference 2018. Photo: AFP

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President Xi charts out his promised land in idyllic Hainan

by Gordon Watts April 10, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian tank in Ukraine. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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The geopolitics beyond the Skripal case

by Nicos Panayiotides April 5, 2018

Worst case scenario: Are North Korea's nuclear weapons designed for actual use? Photo: iStock

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The Saudi urge for nukes is justified

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 23, 2018

US President Ronald Reagan. 2018-03-23

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Cold warrior Reagan’s bold foray into outer space

by Michael Rühle March 23, 2018

The 1996 mini submarine used to infiltrate special operations personnel into South Korea. Photo: Andrew Salmon/Asia Times

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Iron Coffin: Inside North Korea’s infiltration submarine

by Andrew Salmon March 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A new Cold War fomented by Russian President Vladimir Putin requires a stern response from the United States. The author says the US needs to make it clear that Americans are open to a more normal relationship with Russia if it acts with greater restraint.Image: iStock/Aquir

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The US must harden its response to Putin’s new Cold War

by Richard N. Haass March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

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South Korea: Standing on the shoulders of giants

by Taehwa Hong February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger addresses the Munich Security Conference last week. Photo: AFP/Andreas Gebert/DPA

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Munich did nothing to appease Cold War 2.0 fears

by Pepe Escobar February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea has tested a series of ICBMs in the past six months. Photo: Reuters / KCNA

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Is North Korea the world’s main remaining ‘Cold War’ problem?

by Xuan Loc Doan January 22, 2018

Suspected militants and their recovered weapons are presented to the media by Pakistani paramilitary forces at a security compound in the Jamrud area of the Khyber Agency tribal area on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP / Abdul Majeed

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The Pakistan conundrum

by Richard N. Haass January 21, 2018

Donald Nichols loved dogs. In Korea, he had a snarling pack of mutts for protection from North Korean assassins. At his spy base outside Seoul, his dogs sometimes ate with him in the officers' mess and occasionally bit other Air Force officers. Photo courtesy of Lindsay Morgan

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The bloody rise and shocking fall of a US spymaster in Cold War Korea

by Andrew Salmon January 20, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks regarding his administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on December 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts

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Trump’s new global vision lacks coherent global strategy

by Leon Hadar December 19, 2017

A still from the 1990 movie Hunt for Red October.

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Will North Korea’s missile subs spur new ‘Hunt for Red October’?

by Doug Tsuruoka December 9, 2017February 18, 2020

The USS Arizona burns in Pearl Harbor. Photo: Public Domain

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

The North Korea dilemma and the lesson of Pearl Harbor

by Stephen Bryen November 29, 2017

Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, believes there are grounds to investigate violations of international law committed in Afghanistan during the last 15 years. Such a probe would set a precedent in Asia.Photo: Max Koot/Wikimedia Commons.

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International Criminal Court probe could set Asia precedent

by Abraham Joseph November 25, 2017

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Through night vision goggles, Afghan conflict becoming a proxy war

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 16, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launch drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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Where North Korean rockets meet US antimissile shields

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China, on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Wu Hong

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Sino-Russian alliance creating a ‘Eurasian fortress’

by Frederick Kuo September 26, 2017

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the South China Sea on April 9, 2017. Photo: US Navy/Reuters

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The long game on how to handle North Korea

by Ted Gover September 6, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg in July 2017. Photo: Carlos Barria/ Reuters

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Economic data vs Trump-Russia collusion hysteria

by Jerry Bowyer and Charles Bowyer August 25, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump smiles during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the White House on June 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

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High crimes and demeanors in the Age of Trump

by Tom Engelhardt August 20, 2017

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Failed states and threats of war pulling world to precipice

by Norman A. Bailey August 12, 2017

What do Donald's Asia bankers think about his tax cuts? Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

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Slouching toward Mar-a-Lago: post-Cold War consensus collapses

by Andrew Bacevich August 10, 2017