cold war

The bow of container vessel MV Ever Given after running aground in the Suez Canal. Source: Suez Canal Authority/via AP Photo/Bloomberg
Analysis

The Suez mishap is a foretaste of the new cold war stakes

Ships so big they get stuck in the Canal literally define “chokepoint” but other waterways will play much more serious roles as the rivalry between China and the US heats up

Picture: Reuters
World+Biz

Kremlin, on possible new Cold War, says: we always hope for best but prepare for worst

Howdy, Modi. Photo: Bloomberg
Analysis

India is a flashpoint in the China-US cold war

FILE PHOTO: Soviet secret agent George Blake gestures as he speaks at a presentation of a book of letters written by other spies from a British prison, in Moscow June 28, 2001/File Photo
World+Biz

George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98

China's President Xi Jinping. File Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
World+Biz

At UN, China's Xi says no intention to fight 'a cold war or hot one' with any country

Singapore wants cold war’s casualties, not cash
Analysis

Singapore wants cold war’s casualties, not cash

Big tech embraces new cold war nationalism
Panorama

Big tech embraces new cold war nationalism

Stephen M Walt.
Thoughts

China and the United States are in a race to lose power

Policemen march in front of the US consulate in Chengdu, China on July 26. The Chengdu mission was ordered shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston, Texas. Photo: AFP via Foreign Policy
Politics

Is this the beginning of a new cold war with China?

Sailors man the rails as aircraft carrier USS Nimitz with Carrier Strike Group 11, and some 7,500 sailors and airmen depart for a 6 month deployment in the Western Pacific from San Diego, California, US, June 5, 2017/ Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

America and China are entering the dark forest

Flags of the United States and China are placed ahead of a meeting between U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and his Chinese counterpart, Han Changfu, at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing on June 30, 2017. Jason LeeAFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

Everyone misunderstands the reason for the US-China cold war

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the first session of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. POOL/GETTY IMAGES
Coronavirus chronicle

In the post-pandemic Cold War, America is losing Europe

A genre out in the cold. Photo:Bloomberg
Panorama

Spy novels need to come in from the Cold War