The U.S. has thousands of nuclear weapons stockpiled.
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The US could only safely use a fraction of its nuclear stockpile without harming Americans through an environmental event called ‘nuclear autumn.’
Large estates in Vietnam were collectivised.
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Land reform has always been closely tied to shifts in the wider political economy of countries.
Remnants of the Berlin Wall, 2019.
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Berlin’s rapid transformation is proof that cities can overcome conflict – but the fight against injustice doesn’t end there.
NBC Berlin correspondent Piers Anderton inside the tunnel during the network’s 1962 escape project.
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A media historian uses declassified government documents to show how both sides of the Iron Curtain worked to have the projects canned.
The Berlin Wall symbolised the Cold War divide between the capitalist West and communist Soviet Union.
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Marking the end of the Cold War offers the chance to reflect on the changes and continuities in African politics and international relations since 1989.
When the Wall came down: Berlin 1989.
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Young people from both East and West Germany congregated in nightclubs which were hastily thrown up in the spaces where the Wall had dominated.
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In 1989, Francis Fukuyama pronounced that history had ended. How wrong he was.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (waving) with some of the heads of state who attended the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.
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At the Sochi summit, African states embraced Russia’s newly established relations.
The Huawei Cyber Security Lab in Donggguan, Guangdong Province, specializes in cyber counterattacks.
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China and the United States are not at war, but cyberspace has created opportunities for intelligence gathering, influence and sabotage that are already taking place.
Actor Roger Moore poses with a martini after learning he would play the British secret agent James Bond.
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To celebrate National Vodka Day, a food historian debunks myths and highlights unknown facts about one of America’s favorite liquors.
Participants in the Women’s March gather near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in January 2018.
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The United States is exhibiting several of the signs that have historically resulted in uprisings and revolutions. Is another American revolution looming?
Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe, addressing media in Harare, in July 2018.
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Robert Mugabe’s years of playing one group off against the other to favour himself finally wore too thin in 2017.
Digital attacks can cause havoc in different places all at the same time.
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Nuclear threats are serious – but officials, the media and the public keep a close eye on them. There’s less attention to the dangers of cyberattacks, which could cripple key utilities.
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The British nuclear weapon tests on Kiritimati (or Christmas) Island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for both atomic veterans and local islanders.
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Maps that divide the world into ‘no-go’ and ‘safe’ zones has created a new politics of danger.
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Only psychologists could discern how Dumiso Dabengwa maintained his legendary composure, a necessary trait for an intelligence supremo.
Though a Cold War between China and the US seems unlikely, there are still repercussions of a deepening rift.
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The first great power rivalry of the 21st century has begun – and it’s unlike any rivalry the world has ever seen.
There is a growing sense that the British authorities would rather forget their weapons testing history.
The UN Security Council at the headquarters, in New York.
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An international civil service matters for global governance. Without it, it would be impossible to promote and maintain a rules-based world.
A board for the Prussian wargame of ‘Kriegsspiel.’
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War games let you test your political and military acumen right at your kitchen table – while also helping you appreciate how decision-makers are limited by the choices of others.