Cold War

A Film Director Dedicated to Truth

Stephen Schwartz · October 17, 2016 9:12 pm

A watch tower stands in a museum commemorating victims of Soviet-era political repressions located in a former prison camp, some 110 kms (69 miles) northeast of the west Siberian city of Perm, Russia, Friday, March 6, 2015. Historians estimate that under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, 700,000 people were executed during the peak of the purges in 1937-1938. Millions more died of harsh labor and cruel treatment in the giant Gulag prison camp system, mass starvation in Ukraine and southern Russia and deportations of ethnic minorities. (AP Photo/Alexander Agafonov)

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Poll: Millennials don’t know who Vladimir Putin is

Paul Bedard · October 17, 2016 12:26 pm

"I don't want to give any concrete prescriptions, but I do want to say that this needs to stop. We need to renew dialogue. Stopping it was the biggest mistake," Mikhail Gorbachev said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Former Soviet leader Gorbachev says US-Russia tension has reached ‘a dangerous point’

Jacqueline Klimas · October 11, 2016 3:35 pm

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance will agree this week to send four multinational battalions to the Baltic states and Poland to boost their defenses against Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

National Security

NATO leader to Russia: ‘We don’t want a new Cold War’

Jacqueline Klimas · June 14, 2016 10:41 am

"But all this fades away before the spectacle which now is unfolding ... Can you doubt what our policy should be?" Winston Churchill once said of backing the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany. (AP Photo)

Of Hitler and Hell — and Trump

Noemie Emery · May 24, 2016 4:03 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea recalls the Soviet occupation of Eastern European states during the Cold War and demands that the U.S. impose new sanctions, according to lawmakers. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

GOP, Dems demand Cold War-era sanctions against Russia

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2016 5:24 pm

Two Russian Su-24 jets made several close-range, low-altitude passes over the destroyer on Monday, according to a statement from U.S. European Command. (AP Photo)

National Security

Experts say Russia will likely get away with buzzing U.S. destroyer

Jacqueline Klimas · April 13, 2016 9:10 pm

Resettling refugees from Syria and other countries torn apart by Islamic extremism is crucial to a larger national security strategy for combating and ultimately defeat the Islamic State. (AP Photo)

National Security

Admitting Syrian refugees as a tool to combat ISIS

David Bier · March 30, 2016 4:01 am

More than eight in 10 (83 percent) said it is important President Obama to discuss the Islamic State, with 62 percent saying it is "very important" and 21 percent saying "somewhat important." (AP Photo)

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Sessions: No victory over Islamic State ‘anytime soon’

Paul Bedard · March 25, 2016 8:20 pm

President Obama spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Saturday. (Sergey Guneyev/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Now in ‘Cold War,’ Obama speaks with Putin

Curt Mills · February 14, 2016 4:23 pm

"NATO's attitude toward Russia remains unfriendly and opaque, and one could go so far as to say we have slid back to a new Cold War," Dmitry Medvedev said at the Munich Security Conference Saturday. (AP Photo)

Russian PM: ‘We’re in a new Cold War’ with West

Curt Mills · February 13, 2016 5:13 pm

From left, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery and Brian d'Arcy James in a scene from the film, "Spotlight." Ruffalo and McAdams received supporting actor and actress Oscar nominations. (Kerry Hayes/Open Road Films via AP)

Oscars nominate three politically charged films for best picture

Joshua Axelrod · January 14, 2016 3:40 pm