Cold War

... In 2017, on the centenary of Russia s October Revolution, he spoke to the BBC about what it was like to witness two world leaders having a spat during the Cold War...

... Mr Kissinger, who shaped US foreign policy during some of the most crucial Cold War years, was instrumental in brokering that trip, which many see as a pivotal moment in China s decision to engage with the West...

... The Cold War was at its height: Armageddon had only just been avoided over Cuba, American troops were still in Vietnam and Russia had recently invaded Prague...

... But in Laukkaing the conflict is more like payback, in a vendetta which goes back to the days of the Cold War...

... " During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union always maintained military-to-military communication to avoid any accident or misreading of intent that could cause a war between nuclear powers, " said Mick Mulroy, a former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence...

... In the early days of the EU, enlargement was driven by the need to consolidate Western Europe during the Cold War - and later by the necessity of stabilising the parts of the former Soviet empire that had become independent...

... " Now in its third series, Uncanny has a devoted audience eager to lap up its stories of haunted Highland bothies, close encounters at Cold War air bases and loved ones returning from beyond the grave to watch over those they have left behind...

... Beijing continues to retaliate with restrictions of its own, frequently blasts the " Cold War mentality" of western countries and appears to maintain good relations with authoritarian leaders of sanctioned regimes, such as Russia s Vladimir Putin and Syria s Bashar Al-Assad...