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Can We Stop Being a Superpower, Please?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Superpower, Militarism, Superpowers, US Russia Relations, Military Industrial Complex, Cold War, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

A group of misguided neocon gunslingers led the U.S. to a catastrophe. Have we come to the point where disillusionment will lead us where we need to go: the end of playing the superpower role?

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Liz Cheney: Wrong on National Security, Wrong About Our President

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: East Berlin, Cia, Liz Cheney, President Obama, 9/11, Cold War, Spying, Obama Moscow, West Berlin, Rendition, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Liz Cheney charges that Obama's arms control negotiations in Moscow make us weaker. This is a clear indication of someone who clearly missed the freight train of history over the past two decades.

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Was Izzy an Agent?

D. D. Guttenplan | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Kgb, Communism, I.F. Stone, Ron Radosh, Spies, National Security Agency, Cold War, Media News
D. D. Guttenplan

I've always had a soft spot for Ron Radosh. This may seem surprising, particularly since Radosh just penned an attack on me, my I.F. Stone biography, ...

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Rethinking the Fog of War: McNamara, the Movie, the Monster

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, The Fog of War, Nuclear Weapons, Vietnam War, Bob Herbert, Errol Morris, Rethink Reviews, World War II, Robert McNamara, Jonathan Kim, Film, Cold War, Movie Critic, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Most of The Fog of War "lessons" reflect the powerful and painful humility of a man who knows he has made grave mistakes with graver consequences.

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Georgia: One Of Trickiest Issues On Obama's Agenda In Russia

GlobalPost | Shaun Walker | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President Obama, Moscow, Georgia, Russia, Obama, Cold War, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili; Kremlin, World News

MOSCOW -- At Ergneti, Georgia the Georgian and South Ossetian flags fly at checkpoints just a few meters apart. A drunken soldier spraying a few bul...

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The Berlin Wall, Tiananmen Square, or Something Completely Different?

John Milewski | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: 1989, Social Networking, Iran Election, Michael Crichton, Cold War, Berlin Wall, Neil Howe, Tiananmen Square, China, Bill Strauss, World News
John Milewski

While we can't underestimate the power and resolve of desperate regimes, we also can't resist letting ourselves dream that Tehran can become the next Berlin.

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A Window into the Cuban Blogosphere: Reinaldo Escobar on Barack Obama

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Obama in Cairo, Raul Castro, Marxism-Leninism, Fidel Castro, Cold War, Cuba, Barack Obama, World News
Yoani Sanchez

For the Cuban government, which continues to measure its relations with its northern neighbor by our differences, the cycle of suspicion and discord shows no sign of coming to an end.

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Twittering Through American History

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 07.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Soros, The Alamo, Titanic, George W. Bush, Twitter, Facebook, OJ Simpson, Cold War, Lsd, Tweet, Barack Obama, Andy Warhol, Disco, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, American History, General Custer, Abraham Lincoln, Truman Capote, Neil Simon, Jfk, Fatty Arbuckle, Prohabition, Comedy News
Ben Fractenberg

"The British are coming! OMG! Wake up the militia! Sound the church bells! Update your Facebook status!"

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Do We Really Want a Mini Cold War?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Threat, Middle East Arms Race, Islamic Bomb, Cold War, Jerusalem-Israel, Israel, Tel Aviv-Israel, Cuba, Pakistan, India, Soviet Union, World News
Deepak Chopra

Either Iran will be treated like a mini-Soviet Union, a nation of bogeymen with deeply evil intentions, or we will find another way.

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Twenty Years Ago: Beijing, Warsaw, and History's Fork

John Feffer | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Solidarity, Cold War, 1989, Missile Defense, Tiananmen Square, Poland, World News
John Feffer

There will be many commemorations of June 4, some joyous, some sorrowful. But 20 years later, I'm still waiting for my invitation to the Cold War's funeral.

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Jughead is Real: The Truth About Lost's H-Bomb

Joe Cirincione | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, United States, Lost Episodes, Nuclear, Cold War, Nuclear Weapons, Hydrogen-Bomb, Lost, World News
Joe Cirincione

We have been exceedingly lucky to get this far without an intentional or accidental use of nukes. So the next time you think about how crazy Lost is, just think about how insane our nuclear stockpiles are.

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Nuclear Proliferation: A Mother's Legacy

Christie Brinkley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Proliferation, Christie Brinkley, Cold War, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, The Cold War, World News
Christie Brinkley

I want to tell my children that I met the people who worked to free us all from the terror of nuclear weapons, the people who decided to change history and save history.

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First 100 Days Retrospective: Ford, Carter, Reagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Retrospective, Pardon, President Obama, Hostages, Ronald Reagan, Economy, James Carter, Carter's First 100 Days, Obama, Cold War, Assassination Attempt, President, Reagan, Iran, History, Ford's First 100 Days, Gerald Ford, Assassination, Nixon Pardon, President Carter, President Reagan, President Ford, Historic, Economic Crisis, Ford, Carter, Obama's First 100 Days, Energy Crisis, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Fdr, Reagan's First 100 Days, First 100 Days, First Hundred Days, Chris Weigant, Jimmy Carter, Nixon, Monopoly, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Obama 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Chris Weigant

What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.

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Whaaat?

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Orange County, David Axelrod, Tom Malinowski, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Luong Vu, Cold War, New York Times, Norm Eisen, Vietnam, Media News
Murray Fromson

If you wonder what you'll be missing when newspapers vanish, consider these two stories that deal with the infuriating decisions rendered by the bureaucrats in the service of the United States.

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Obama's New Geopolitics: 10 Key Takeaways

William Bradley | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Dmitri Medvedev, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Iraq, G-20, Britain, Dick Cheney, Gordon Brown, Iran, Nato, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Afghanistan, India, Cold War, London, World News
William Bradley

Obama's just-concluded big international tour is part of a major reshuffling in geopolitics. Here are 10 key takeaways from happenings in and around his trip.

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Obama, Turkey and History

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, U.S.S.R., Francis Gary Powers, Korean War, Ankara, Cyprus, Cold War, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Baikonur, World News
Murray Fromson

From the podium of the National Assembly in Ankara, Obama spoke not only to Turks, but to the entire Muslim world and he carved out an image of a global statesman.

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Turkey: Not the Usual Geopolitical Sandwich

William Bradley | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Britain, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey, Bosporus, Afghanistan, France, Pakistan, George W. Bush, European Union, Prague, G-20, London, Istanbul, Nato, Barack Obama, Germany, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Ankara, Jihadists, Cold War, Erdogan, Islam, Winston Churchill, Byzantine Empire, Neoconservative, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Mohammed Cartoons, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Roman Empire, Soviet Union, 100 Days, World News
William Bradley

Obama seems to see Turkey, which has friendly relations with Israel, as potentially a much stronger partner than any other NATO nation, perhaps even Britain.

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Persistent Efforts to Counter a Persistent Nuclear Threat

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: History, President, Fear, Presidential Election, President Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Persistence, Disarmament, Global Nuclear War, Nuclear Attack, Weapons, Security, Cold War, Peace, World News
Jim Wallis

A generation has come of age when "Fall Out Shelter" signs are nothing but rusty remnants of a time long past.

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Nuclear Weapons Breakthrough -- Obama & Medvedev Make Fresh START

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, London, Russia, Strategic-Arms-Reduction-Treaty, Nuclear Weapons, President Obama, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, United States, Start, Cold War, g20, Dmitri Medvedev, Politics News
Steven Crandell

Every nuclear weapon that is dismantled through such diplomacy is a victory for reason and compassion.

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Oh, The Humanity! Godless Huffington Post Commenters Wickedly Destroying Conservatism

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Liars, George Bush, Andrew Breitbart, National Review, President Obama, Leftist, Communist, Free Speech, Moral Relativism, Obama, Liberal, Jed Babbin, Cold War, Lunatic Ravings, Republican, Bush, Reality-Based, Internet, Goons, Cold War Is Over, Irony, Dirty Tricks, Vandalism, Irony-Impaired, Rush, Socialist, Moveon, Huffington Post, Limbaugh, Totalitarianism, Ends Justify the Means, Marketplace of Ideas, Boycott, Ideologue, Rush Limbaugh, Blog Readers, Commie, Propaganda, Hugh Hewitt, Conservative, Right Wing, Blog Commenters, Ironically-Challenged, Election, Wicked, Barack Obama, Ironic, Fair Play, Media Matters, Blog, Chris Weigant, Instapundit, Dogma, Humanity, Nixon, Censorship, Breitbart, Crazytown, Crazytalk, Media News
Chris Weigant

Due to a genetic deformity among conservatives, they are seemingly born without being able to spot irony in all its delicious forms.

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Iraq War Year Six: Our Long Goodbye to the Cold War

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Strategy, Military, Cold War, National Security, Counterinsurgency, Iraq War Anniversary, Sixth Anniversary of Iraq War, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

On today's sixth anniversary of the Iraq war, we must require that our leaders create a security strategy that keeps us safer, costs less and restores the boundaries of a healthy civil-military relationship.

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Japan in a Post-American World

John Haffner | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: American Supremacy, Chinese-American, 9/11, Cold War, Japan Isolationism, Japan, Japanese Politics, Asia, China, Sino-American Relations, World News
John Haffner

Now more than ever, the United States needs Asia to prosper, and Japan must play its part.

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Engaging Russia: Energy Could Still Be the Answer

Macha Levinson | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, William Burns, Vice President Biden, Senator Richard Lugar, Nabucco Pipeline, Secretary of State Clinton, Cold War, US-Russian Relations, Nato, Davos, Sergei Lavrov, Energy Cold War, Russia Oil, Prime Minister Putin, Gazprom, Russia, Ukraine, Dimitri Medvedev, Munich Security Conference, World News
Macha Levinson

Russia needs Western know-how and financing to exploit its vast energy resources. And the US needs new energy suppliers until country is effectively weaned off foreign oil.

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Getting Warmer

Robert Scheer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Cold War, Defense Budget, Truthdig, Barak Obama, Terrorism, Military Spending, Lobbyist, 100 Days, Obama Speech, Obama Administration, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Scheer

While Obama promised an end to the Iraq disaster, he once again left open the door to the United States being trapped in an even more treacherous quagmire in Afghanistan.

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The 10% Solution

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Peak Oil, Global Warming, Cold War, Berlin Wall, The 10% Solution, Obama Stimulus Plan, Bush Rescue Package, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

If each country can reduce defense spending by 10% each year, with the resultant savings being applied to renewable energy and climate change, that would be a nice start.

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