Cold War

The real cause of Russia’s invasion is the special position that Ukraine occupies in Russia’s post-imperial identity politics

Russia is unlikely to invade Ukraine because it’s already succeeding – keeping Ukraine unstable and forcing the US to take seriously its security concerns.

A new book explores the long shadow cast by the Cold War over successive US presidents and how it continues to shape modern US foreign policy

Two scientists, who today are colleagues, were on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall when it came down 30 years ago. Here they reflect on 1989 and what it meant

Sixty years ago, countries around the world came together at a time of frosty global politics to establish the Antarctic Treaty, but its focus was on diplomacy rather than the environment