Cold War

Vantage | How post-Cold War gains are eroding one treaty at a time

The demise of the CFE Treaty serves as a grim reminder that international relations are once again fraught with uncertainty

China chases US and Russia guided-missile submarine capabilities with new vessels

The Pentagon report says that in the short term, the Chinese navy "will have the ability to conduct long-range precision strikes against land targets from its submarine and surface combatants using land-attack cruise missiles, notably enhancing (China's) power projection capability".

India: An equal partner, not a subservient ally in today's geopolitics

Unlike the US which prefers ‘either you are with us or against us’, India has always preferred equal partnerships, based on convergence and mutual interests

'A loss of talent and contribution': IMF director urges world to avert possibility of a 'second Cold War'

Earlier this week, an IMF report showed how trade fragmentation, caused by events like Brexit, the US-China trade war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, could reduce the global economy to as much as seven percent smaller than it otherwise would have been

Beyond The Lines | Our world between two poles: Why India-Australia is a natural idea

India and Australia realise that the distance between the two countries is 22 yards. And the way to the hearts of citizens on both sides is through the diplomacy of an intelligent game that was once said to be played by flannelled fools

The ‘Perfect’ Game: How Tetris, created during the Cold War, took over the globe

One of the most successful games of all time, Tetris was developed by Alexey Pajitnov, a software engineer at Moscow’s Soviet Academy of Sciences. Now, a new movie traces its Cold War-era origins

From the Cold War to the Ukraine conflict: A look back at the 74 years of NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was formed at the start of the Cold War to protect Western Europe against the threat of Soviet aggression but its remit and reach has expanded over time. Here is a brief history of the alliance

America lacks credibility, moral authority to hold ‘democracy summit’; it is a geopolitical tool to extend its hegemony

What we see here is that under the guise of upholding “universal principles” and “inalienable rights of individuals”, the US-led West is twisting its own norms of ‘ruled-based order’

US stresses need for 'Cold War'-era crisis mechanisms with China

Speaking at a time of heightened tensions with China over a US stopover by Taiwan's president, US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said Washington had made clear to Beijing it was ready to have another call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping

Russia to keep missile test notices under Cold War-era deal

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov's statement reversed one he made Wednesday, when he said Moscow had halted all information exchanges with Washington envisioned under the 2011 New START nuclear pact, including missile test warnings.