Cold War history

A new grand strategy is desperately needed to meet not only the military threat posed by Russia, but the more comprehensive threat from China.

Kennedy’s “flexible response” strategy for deterring and countering Soviet aggression in the 1960s could be used again.

Thousands of conscripted Korean men vanished on Sakhalin Island, victims of first Japan’s brutal rule and then the harsh geopolitics of the Cold War.

Many of the same incentives that pushed leaders into the covert sphere during the Cold War are present in the U.S.-China context.

The political calculations behind exaggerating the “present danger” – from the Cold War to today.

Construing China as a threat to the United States in the model of the old USSR overlooks important differences.

The U.S. failure to counter China’s “gray zone” tactics stems from a lack of will, not a lack of options.

The author of Cold War containment recommended U.S. retrenchment across the board in Asia.

To deal with North Korea, Trump should learn from Reagan's approach to the Soviet Union.

The U.S. considered preemptive strikes to prevent Mao from attaining nuclear weapons.