Cold War's End -- The Wall Comes Down
The fall of The Wall signified the fall of the Soviet Union, and an end to the Cold War. And while this was of enormous historical import, I fear that future generations won't really pay much attention to it.
The fall of The Wall signified the fall of the Soviet Union, and an end to the Cold War. And while this was of enormous historical import, I fear that future generations won't really pay much attention to it.
Tim Mohr | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment
The awareness of mortality in 1980s nuke-pop was amplified by the inescapably bleak Cold War reality. With the fall of the Wall, much of the threat evaporated. The music, however, lives on.
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection tha...
Newsweek | Posted 10.24.2009 | World
NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth spoke to Netanyahu in Jerusalem last week. Excerpts: WEYMOUTH: What did you think of the Goldstone report? NETANYAHU: I tho...
AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both si...
AP | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home
UNITED NATIONS — North Korea says it will strengthen its nuclear arsenal if new sanctions are imposed because of its weapons program. Pak Kil Y...
Tom H. Hastings | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
Does it not seem that when the US can afford and not question nearly 1,000 military bases on other people's sovereign soil -- 287 of them in Germany alone -- that we can afford to create jobs?
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top nuclear negotiator offered an opening Tuesday for possible compromise with the West, saying the Islamic regime is read...
AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iranian leaders for their handling of contested elections and their nuclear program, and pleaded fo...
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World
VIENNA — Iran's output of enriched uranium is stagnating even as its production capacity increases, a sign that Tehran may be running out of the...
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.12.2009 | World
VIENNA, Austria — Iran, whose nuclear facilities are under threat of possible Israeli military strikes, proposed Wednesday that a 150-nation con...
Farai Chideya | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
Of all the questions that come to mind when looking at the case of Lee, Ling, and North Korea, the one troubling most people I know is: What do I do?
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
As the world comes to terms with the dangerous possibilities of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, perhaps the obligations of the current nuclear power to work towards abolition will get the attention required for action.
Disgrasian | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Dear North Korea, What's up, guy? Listen, we heard through the grapevine that you did more nuke testing today. DUDE, what have we said about missile ...
AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
LONDON — Pakistan's president on Wednesday brushed aside warnings that country's nuclear arsenal was in jeopardy because of mounting instability...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: American Economic Leadership Recognized Facts: US President Barack Obama made his first address to Americ...
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green
Rebirthing Detroit as a clean, lean, green machine with union labor making carbon free cars and the New Solartopian mass transit network we really need... Yes We Can!
Rob Kall | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
What's the difference between "missing" nuclear weapons and "not having a full and complete auditable trail"? That appears to be the hair the Pentagon chooses to split.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics