the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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During the Cold War, for example, the United States and Soviet Union were highly effective in deterring each other from launching preemptive or direct attacks but still conducted decades’ worth of proxy wars, arms sales to adversaries, and outright invasions of third countries.
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Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
There is a palpable sense in Europe that Biden was perhaps the last U.S. president to be personally attached to an alliance forged in the Cold War.
—New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024
The film takes place at the most dangerous point of the Cold War, watching as political enemies Ronald Reagan (Daniels) and Mikhail Gorbachev (Harris) meet in Iceland over one long, tense weekend to decide if there will be peace or war in the world.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
But perhaps the greatest danger now posed by Russia’s nuclear weapons storage sites is the one that was originally envisioned after the Cold War’s end: that is, the danger that warheads could be seized by a small, rogue group of fighters.
—William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
There is a palpable sense in Europe that Biden was perhaps the last U.S. president to be personally attached to an alliance forged in the Cold War.
—New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024
The film takes place at the most dangerous point of the Cold War, watching as political enemies Ronald Reagan (Daniels) and Mikhail Gorbachev (Harris) meet in Iceland over one long, tense weekend to decide if there will be peace or war in the world.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
But perhaps the greatest danger now posed by Russia’s nuclear weapons storage sites is the one that was originally envisioned after the Cold War’s end: that is, the danger that warheads could be seized by a small, rogue group of fighters.
—William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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