Cold War

The Gulf’s Cold War: How Saudi-UAE rivalry is tearing the region apart - opinion

At its core, the Saudi-UAE feud reflects fundamentally incompatible visions of regional order.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg as they meet, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 14, 2025.

Outgoing US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg says Ukraine-Russia peace deal is 'really close'

 A person holds a cut-out depicting late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to condemn the U.S. strikes in Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen April 11, 2025.

On This Day: IDF soldier fatally shoots Hamas arch-terrorist, Oct. 7 mastermind, Yahya Sinwar

ARIEL SHARON visits the Temple Mount in 2000.

How the Second Intifada built the walls that failed on October 7 - analysis


Will China conflict lead to a new Cold War?

None of America’s allies, not even one as desperate as Johnson, believes that China is a threat grave enough to justify a 40-year military confrontation.

MENG WANZHOU leaves the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver in September.

Cold War with China does not involve Israel – best keep it that way

Middle Israel: Unlike the previous Cold War, this one does not involve Israel directly, and its task is to avoid getting drawn into it

THE SCENE outside the closed China Consulate-General in Houston on Wednesday.

Fourth spy of Manhattan Project unearthed from historical documents

Recently declassified FBI documents reveal the involvement of an additional spy associated with the Manhattan Project.

A light installation is seen in the reception room of the former Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB) headquarters.

Fourth spy of Manhattan Project unearthed from historical documents

Recently declassified FBI documents reveal the involvement of an additional spy associated with the Manhattan Project.

A light installation is seen in the reception room of the former Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB) headquarters.

Fourth spy of Manhattan Project unearthed from historical documents

Recently declassified FBI documents reveal the involvement of an additional spy associated with the Manhattan Project.

A light installation is seen in the reception room of the former Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB) headquarters.

‘Europe’s fatigue and old Balkan disputes’

On the institutional level, the European Union is experiencing a big structural crisis, the end of which is nowhere in sight.

European Union flags flutter as people take part in the demonstration "One Europe for all", a rally against nationalism across the European Union, in Vienna, Austria, May 19, 2019.

Comedian takes lead: What does it mean for Ukraine?

Between the West and the Rest, Ukraine was forced to choose the lesser of two evils, but stumbled upon yet another fundamental juncture.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY

Cold War’s big chill

It’s a bleak story, in spite of its actors’ talent and charisma. If you go expecting to have fun, you’ll be disappointed.

Cold War

Bush and Shamir: The last Cold Warriors

Now, as a perplexed America mourns its 41st president, six years after Israel buried its sixth prime minister, this odd couple appears to have actually had in common much more than they realized.

Former President George Bush walks the gangway as he arrives for the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop-Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, October 7, 2006

Middle Israel: Welcome to Cold War II

Our hearts are firmly planted on this showdown’s one side, but our interests demand neutrality like Finland’s during Cold War I.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018