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“It’s no longer debatable,” scholars Hal Brands and John Lewis Gaddis wrote in Foreign Affairs in October 2021, “that the United States and China . . . are entering their own new cold war.” The ...
In one of the Cold War's most overlooked air combat episodes, Cuban MiG-23s clashed with South African Mirage F1s in the ...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Africa on Sunday just weeks after his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov toured the continent as analysts expressed worry of Cold War posturing.
Time to revisit US President Jimmy Carter’s work in Cold War southern Africa – from Apartheid South Africa to the yet-to-be-born Republic of Zimbabwe. Almost no one mentions what Carter, who has died, ...
"It's like a new Cold War is playing out in Africa, where the rival sides are trying to gain influence," said William Gumede, director of Democracy Works, a foundation promoting good governance.
Relations between the U.S. and South Africa became strained during President Donald Trump's time in office. ... "It's actually true that there's some form of Cold War, ...
She focuses on both the impact of the Soviet Union on the end of the Portuguese Empire in Africa and the effect of the anticolonial struggles on the Soviet Union, and the superpower rivalry in ...
FRANCE 24 looks back on four little-known Soviet operations aimed at furthering Russian interests in Africa during the Cold War . Issued on: 20/07/2023 - 16:00. 7 min ...
But if Mr. Putin sought to move closer to African leaders as he prosecuted his war, the 17-month-old conflict is now straining those ties. ... A major influence in Africa during the Cold War, ...
During the apartheid era, the country stood as a frontline state in the Cold War, with the US and its allies supporting the apartheid regime under the pretext of containing communism.
During the first Cold War, African governments pitted Moscow and Washington against each other, trading membership in rival blocs for finance and weapons that were used to suppress domestic ...
During the apartheid era, the country stood as a frontline state in the Cold War, with the US and its allies supporting the apartheid regime under the pretext of containing communism.