cold war

China and Russia’s nuclear escalation
Articles, Commentary, Nation World
ROBERT PETERS RealClearPolitics 
May 26, 2025
During the Cold War, the United States maintained a diverse arsenal of nuclear weapons to support deter Soviet aggression. This arsenal included land-...
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‘American Globalism’ versus ‘America First’
Commentary, Nation World
FRANCIS P. SEMPA RealClearDefense 
May 31, 2024
Hal Brands, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, has la...
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China faces a stark choice
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 03, 2022
Delegate after delegate came up to the rostrum Monday at a special session of the United Nations General Assembly and condemned Russia’s invasion of U...
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Welcome to Cold War 2.0. It won’t be easy
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Mar 01, 2022
No matter how Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine ends, it already marks a turning point in history: the end of a 30-year period of relative peace in...
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A civilizational challenge
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 26, 2022
A clash of civilizations is upon us. Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine doesn’t just herald a new era in European security, it underlines a growing ...
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Unify on competing with China
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 15, 2022
Under the shadow of growing tensions with Beijing, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would help the United States remain econ...
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Putin, not NATO, is to blame
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 05, 2022
Bad ideas never truly go away. So it is that an old left-wing trope from the Cold War has currency again, both on the populist right and among progres...
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The US-China face-off is looking like the Cold War
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Sep 28, 2021
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hosted a summit meeting Friday that could turn out to be a watershed — but if you weren’t watching, you might have mi...
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Cold War vets’ exemption to be discussed tonight
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Feb 27, 2018
OLEAN — The Common Council will possibly extend a small property tax exemption to veterans serving during the Cold War tonight. The council will host ...
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Bruising times nothing new
Commentary, Local Columnists
PATRICK VECCHIO, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 01, 2017
A Facebook friend and I have been discussing America’s future in light of the tone of our times. It’s easy to predict nothing but gloom. Washington la...
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