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Who started the Cold War?

14 June 2025 9:00 am

It was America, with its decision to build a global liberal order – not the Soviet Union, with plans to spread communism in Europe, argues Vladislav Zubok

The love that conquered every barrier – including the Iron Curtain

3 May 2025 9:00 am

Iain Pears tells the dramatic story of how two art historians – one English, one Russian – met by chance in Venice and found they couldn’t live without each other

China’s role in Soviet policy-making

1 June 2024 9:00 am

Stalin and his successors’ struggle with the US and China reflected conflicting Soviet ambitions to be a superpower and to lead world revolution, says Sergey Radchenko