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Cold War

Satellite image of San Francisco.
Science & Technology
Cold War ‘CORONA’ satellite images find second life in ecology research
A view of a test missile launch with an American flag flying
Military
‘World War C’: How did national security miss the coronavirus?
An elderly white man in front of a white background
Global Politics
Khrushchev’s son recalls Sputnik, Gagarin ascent in US-Soviet space race
a submarine surfaces with bird flying overhead
Nuclear
Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial
Two leaders sit at a desk signing a document.
How Trump’s exit from a Cold War-era treaty could trigger a 3-way arms race
flags of the US and China
Global Politics
The risks of a new Cold War between the US and China are real: Here’s why
Sputnik, Fantasy TV, Sharon Jones
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
Morals on Film
Arts, Culture & Media
American Prometheus
Arts, Culture & Media
Nuclear Monsters
Arts, Culture & Media
The Bomb
Arts, Culture & Media
American Prometheus
Arts, Culture & Media
Nuclear Monsters
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Sputnik
Arts, Culture & Media
Bomb Scare
Arts, Culture & Media
Wayne Coyne & Rocky and Bullwinkle
Yu-Mex records in Belgrade, Serbia
Culture
In mid-’60s Yugoslavia, mariachi music was really popular
Stanislav Petrov made a split-second decision that probably averted a nuclear conflagration. “I told myself I won’t be the cause of World War III. I won’t. Simple as that,” he said.
Conflict
The unsung Soviet officer who averted nuclear war
A hooded man sits on a computer in front of a screen of code.
Conflict
A new ‘cyber Cold War’ unfolds
Romanian Army soldiers deploy a ground-to-air missile launch pad during a joint military exercise with the US Army.
Conflict
Obama and Putin fueled the biggest global arms market since the Cold War
Airmen Second Class Joe Andrew and Airmen Second Classes Richard Brooks man the launch control console for a Matador Missile at Osan AB Korea in 1961.
Conflict
America’s missileers stand ready to launch nuclear weapons — and pray they won’t have to
Omar Hernandez in downtown Moscow. He says problems that came from speaking his mind too freely in Cuba led him to leave in the early 90s. Now he's lives in Russia.
Culture
Is Russia’s romance with Cuba coming to an end?
Kenneth Rowe is in his early 80s, lives in Daytona Beach, Florida, and still does 60 push-ups every day.
Culture
Escaping from North Korea was just the beginning for this American immigrant
Clyde Foster analyzing data for NASA
Justice
How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America
Cuba_Russia2
Culture
Miami’s Soviet time machine gives Cuban expats a nostalgia fix
El Salvador's defense minister, General Rafael Humberto Larios, speaks during a news conference in San Salvador in a 1990 file photo. Larios and eight other former Salvadoran soldiers were arrested in 2011 for suspected involvement in the 1989 killing of
Conflict
How justice for slain Americans took a backseat to Cold War politics
People walk under the "Lichtgrenze" installation along the River Spree in Berlin on November 8, 2014. A part of the inner city of Berlin was temporarily divided with a light installation to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Conflict
This Berlin friendship began over the radio and in the shadow of the Wall
Crew members onboard a Swedish Navy fast-attack craft stand guard at the Stockholm archipelago during a hunt for a suspected Russian submarines on October 18, 2014.
Global Politics
The current situation in Europe is looking more like the Cold War
A video of the first chat session between the United States and USSR using Joel Schatz and Joseph Goldin's system.
Technology
These video chats helped thaw out the Cold War
A part of the inner city of Berlin will be temporarily divided from November 7 to 9, 2014, with a light installation featuring 8,000 luminous white balloons to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here a woman walks in front of
Global Politics
During the Cold War, buying people from East Germany was common practice
A cover illustration for the Communist-era board game Burokratopoly, which is being re-launched by Berlin's DDR Museum.
Culture
To understand life in East Germany, all you need is this board game
Global Politics
It was once the world’s most important political border — now it’s a bike path
Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze speaking to reporters at the US Pentagon on Oct. 5, 2001.
Global Politics
For former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze, ending the Cold War was his greatest legacy
Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze speaking to reporters at the US Pentagon on Oct. 5, 2001.
Global Politics
For former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze, ending the Cold War was his greatest legacy
Environment
The U2 spy plane, the road to Lake Baikal, and the presidential trip to Russia that never happened
Environment
The U2 spy plane, the road to Lake Baikal, and the presidential trip to Russia that never happened
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) stands with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (L) during Gorbachev's arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington, December 8, 1987.
Global Politics
Suzanne Massie taught President Ronald Reagan this important Russian phrase: ‘Trust, but verify’
Alina Simone's Russian grandmother. When congratulated on becoming 90, she declared that she was disappointed that she was still alive.
Arts, Culture & Media
Do you answer ‘How are you?’ the American or the Russian way?
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) are seated during a meeting at the United Nations.
Global Politics
Saudi facepalm over US pursuit of deals with Iran, Syria
Global Politics
U.S.-Russia hotline celebrates 50th anniversary
President Kennedy meets with Chairman Khrushchev at the US Embassy residence, Vienna.
Arts, Culture & Media
The White House to Kremlin Hotline: Avoiding War for 50 Years
Global Politics
Anniversary prompts memories of German teen who landed private plan in Red Square
Global Politics
According to history, world politics always on display during Olympics
Global Politics
Anniversary: Recalling Nixon’s trip to China, 40 years later
Rust in Red Square
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Mathias Rust’s Flight to Red Square
Global Politics
The End of the USSR
Arts, Culture & Media
Alleged Russian spy launches TV program
Cleaning Europe’s East
Conflict & Justice
Judging the Rosenbergs
Environment
How to Find Our ‘Sputnik Moments’
Global Politics
Increased Secret Shipments Endeavor to Secure Nuclear Material
Global Politics
The new Cold what?
Conflict & Justice
Cold War beginnings: the Berlin Blockade in audio
Conflict & Justice
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer: Tempelhof airport