Whether it is done in the name of patriotism or treason, it is wrong. The British aristocracy that spied for the Soviets The “Cambridge Five,” arguably the best Cold War espionage outfit, compromised top officials in Western agencies to collect the most sensitive data from them, which they then sent... View Article
Facts, in my opinion, don’t matter much these days and can be readily countered with a simple “what is it” query. There are distractions for practically every topic, including the need to fix the economy, combat climate change, alleviate refugee misery, and cope with war. The “simpler” past, in which... View Article
Since the entire world has been affected by weather events characterised by high temperatures on one side and heavy precipitation on the other, lunacy has reigned among conspiracy theorists, and many of them talk about “climate weapons” and “climate terrorism” that can harm the planet, people, or specific countries. Such... View Article
Gaddafi’s Amazons: Strict training, no sex Muammar Gaddafi’s female bodyguards were known as the Revolutionary nuns. In Europe, they were known as Amazons, and in North Africa, they were known as Haris al-Has. Their aim was to protect Libya’s leader at all costs. For years, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya... View Article
Is the world dividing into two antagonistic blocs, as it did during the Cold War? When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Vladimir Putin declared that the world was witnessing a conflict between Moscow and Western civilisations. The split of Russia into two distinct entities brought back memories of the Cold... View Article
The Cold War lasted from the end of World War II until the early 1990s, and it was characterised by political tension and military competition. That era was more than just a geopolitical battle between the US and the Soviet Union. It was an intellectual battle, a clash between two... View Article
The Cold War, which lasted from the conclusion of World War II to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, was a period of intense geopolitical rivalry and warfare between the United States and the Soviet Union. Despite the fact that much has been written about key events and... View Article
The Cuban Missile Crisis erupted when the United States learnt that the Soviet Union intended to station nuclear missiles on Cuban soil, which is only 90 miles from Florida’s territory. To prevent missiles from reaching Cuba, the United States imposed a naval blockade on the island. In a speech broadcast... View Article
You must be sceptical in life. Not all that glitters is gold. As we can see more and more often, the insatiable craving for money, fame, and power that drives today’s young nuts has grown to hazardous proportions. Even if social media brings us closer together, it also deepens the... View Article
The “Hot War” of World War II came to an end on September 2, 1945, with Japan’s surrender. Three days later, on the evening of September 5, the Cold War—or, at least, the end of it—was declared. A month after Japan’s surrender, Igor Sergeievich Gouzenko, a junior diplomat at the... View Article