cold war

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<p>Former US president Ronald Reagan, left, and former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev don cowboy hats while enjoying a moment at Reagan's Rancho del Cielo north of Santa Barbara, California, in May 1992. Picture: AP</p>

comment-analysis

Gorbachev and Reagan: the capitalist and communist who helped end the Cold War

An unlikely personality pairing found common ground in a shared determination to end the Cold War and bring the world back from the brink of nuclear annihilation, writes David Smith

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culture

TV review: The Salisbury Poisonings focuses on the stuff of nightmares

<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA, ahead of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly.</p>

ourview

UN toothless when we need it most

comment-analysis

When appeasement led to dishonour

business

Iceland the country thinking about suing Iceland the brand for 'using its name'

world

Fidel Castro hits out at US aggression in letter to 'brother Obama'

When the Iron Curtain came down

Seventy years after his speech on the Cold War, Churchill’s words still linger writes Geoffrey Roberts.

Sat, 05 Mar, 2016

The day a ‘H-bomb’ floated ashore in Cork

Ray Ryan recalls an incident 50 years ago when a suspicious device was found washed up on a beach in Ballycotton. Had the Cold War’s reach finally found its way to Ireland?

Wed, 17 Feb, 2016

Russia prime minister accuses West of rekindling Cold War

Russia's prime minister has accused the West of rekindling the Cold War.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2016

How the Irish emigrant’s son Jim Donovan did a deal with the Cuban revolutionary leader

The stakes were high at the Cuban military airfield in San Antonio de los Baños, some 20 miles south west of Havana, two days before Christmas in 1962.

Sun, 27 Dec, 2015