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Cold War

Explore Foreign Affairs’ coverage of the political, economic, and social dimensions of the Cold War, as well as the strategies developed by the United States, the Soviet Union, and countries around the world during the decades-long conflict.

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May/June 2022

The Cold War Never Ended

Ukraine, the China Challenge, and the Revival of the West

Stephen Kotkin

Fall 1992

The Cold War and Its Aftermath

Zbigniew Brzezinski

America and the World 1989

Beyond the Cold War

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick

America and the World 1990

The Unipolar Moment

Charles Krauthammer

Spring 1991

Toward the Post–Cold War World

John Lewis Gaddis

June 24, 2024

Xi Jinping’s Russian Lessons

What the Chinese Leader’s Father Taught Him About Dealing With Moscow

Joseph Torigian

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