Posts Tagged: Cold War
Time to Huddle: Antisemitism on the Field
JNS.org - As unsettling and painful as the current wave of global antisemitism that followed the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel is, it’s still...
Henry Kissinger, First Jewish US Secretary of State Who Shaped Cold War Diplomacy, Dies Aged 100
Henry Kissinger, the dominant US diplomat of the Cold War era who helped Washington open up to China, forge arms control deals with the Soviet...
Thousands of Russians Bid Farewell to Last Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev ‘the Peacemaker’
Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted...
George Blake, Last in Line of Cold War Spies Who Betrayed Britain, Dies at 98
George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work...
Trump Security Adviser Says China Has Biggest Election-Interference Program
China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the US election and has the biggest program to influence domestic politics,...
New Film Tells Story of How Underdog Basketball Team Put Israel ‘On The Map’ After Yom Kippur War
“We are on the map and we will stay on the map, not only in sports but in everything!” Those powerful words -- uttered by American-Israeli...
Britain Must Give the West a Lead on Defense
Strengthening Britain's defence capabilities is critical in a turbulent world, to protect not only the United Kingdom, but the West and its global allies more...
Why Obama Hearts Hagel
The last time I wrote about President Obama's then only rumored selection of Chuck Hagel I said two things I knew I would wish to...
Was Charlie Chaplin Jewish?
Charlie Chaplin, one of the most famous movie stars of all time, is known to the world as being British. However, it appears the British...
A Cold War Missile Treaty That’s Doing Us Harm
Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: They last while they last." So said Charles de Gaulle a half-century ago, but he could...
Why is Obama Giving Libya to the Russians?
With President Obama's Libya policy staggering from one embarrassment to another, last week he and Secretary of State Clinton outdid themselves. They publicly...
