The author asked why the Western post-Cold War “illusion”, which they said had dominated after 1989 and been shaped by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher’s legacy, had eventually failed. They recommended the text linked in the post as worth reading. #Geopolitics #History #ColdWar #US #GB
Indonesia, remember 1965. Your country survived one of the darkest political ruptures of the Cold War, broke with a communist trajectory and ultimately chose national independence, economic development and engagement with the wider world. That history came at a terrible human https://t.co/0ty5heodje #Indonesia1965 #ColdWar #NationalIndependence #ID
Neutrality is not a security guarantee. It is a political declaration, not a shield. During the Cold War, Western planners explicitly considered the possibility of Soviet forces violating neutral Swiss territory, while actual Warsaw Pact war plans envisaged massive offensives #Neutrality #Security #ColdWar #Nocountrycodesarepresentinthetweet.
THE KENNEDY DISASTER — THE DARK SIDE OF CAMELOT John F. Kennedy had just 1,036 days in office — and still managed to leave behind a remarkable chain of foreign-policy disasters. Bay of Pigs: invasion approved, support restricted, Castro strengthened. Vienna Summit: Khrushchev https://t.co/lTWdcM2VIc #KennedyDisaster #ForeignPolicy #ColdWar #US #CU #RU
THE RED TSAR WANTED ALL BERLIN. 1945: Stalin reached Berlin. But controlling the Soviet occupation zone was not enough. In 1948, Stalin tried to force the Western Allies out of Berlin. The Soviet Union blocked road, rail and water access to the Western sectors of the city. https://t.co/BfqHAEVtQf #Berlin1948 #Stalin #ColdWar #RU #DE
I ACCUSE SOVIET RUSSIA — SUEZ 1956 On 26 July 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company. I accuse Soviet Russia of helping create the political and military conditions that encouraged Egypt to confront Britain, France and the Western order in https://t.co/6zG1XcfIUb #SuezCrisis #Egypt #ColdWar #RU #EG #GB #FR
@GTCost After 1945, the SU conquered much of Eastern Europe and kept those countries in subjection until 1989. As soon as they could they all fled to join NATO had the EU. So yes, the SU did need to be deterred and now Russia does too. Deterrence was risky no doubt but it worked. #ColdWar #Deterrence #EasternEurope #RU #SU #NATO #EU
For imperial Russia, the Cold War against the West started long before the West realized it was underway - and, in Russia’s eyes, it has never ended. #ColdWar #Russia #ImperialHistory #RU
This is how Estonians assess U.S. presidents’ impact on history. Ronald Reagan, the winner of the Cold War remains, by far, the most popular American president of all times among people who fought against Russian imperial tyranny behind the Iron Curtain. https://t.co/u9ZjYCEBUu #Estonia #Reagan #ColdWar #EE #US #RU
"Imagine if, in the Cold War, the West had lent its support not to the dissidents in Eastern Europe—to the likes of Václav Havel and Lech Wałęsa—but to the Sviet Union, as the representative of “moderate Communists,” in the hope that the Kremlin would give us a hand against https://t.co/MjVAN0BGS3 #ColdWar #History #PoliticalHypotheticals #CZ #PL #RU
RT @_taylorhudak: Hungary’s new Foreign Minister Anita Orban met with Cold War strategist and Bohemian Grove attendee Richard Pipes and for… #Hungary #ForeignPolicy #ColdWar #HU
In 1945, a handcrafted American crest gifted by Russian pioneers to the U.S. ambassador in Moscow contained a secret listening device, dubbed "The Thing," that went undetected for seven years, exemplifying a historical pattern of art being used as a tool for espionage, ultimately highlighting the intricate relationship between culture and covert operations during the Cold War. #ArtandEspionage #ColdWarSecrets #SpyTech #US #RU #GB
In 1945, a handcrafted U.S. coat of arms gifted by Russian youth to the U.S. ambassador in Moscow was later discovered to contain a covert listening device, dubbed "The Thing," which successfully monitored diplomatic conversations for seven years, highlighting the potential of art as a tool for espionage and revealing a complex interplay between culture and covert operations during the Cold War. #ArtAndEspionage #ColdWarHistory #SecretTechnology #US #RU #GB
In 1945, an intricately carved American eagle presented as a diplomatic gift harbored a secret listening device, dubbed "The Thing," which eavesdropped on diplomatic conversations at the U.S. embassy in Moscow for seven years, exemplifying how art can be weaponized for espionage, a tactic not unique to this instance but part of a broader history of artistic deception in military and intelligence contexts. #Espionage #ColdWar #ArtAndTechnology #US #RU #GB
In 1945, an intricately carved American eagle presented as a diplomatic gift harbored a secret listening device, dubbed "The Thing," which eavesdropped on diplomatic conversations at the U.S. embassy in Moscow for seven years, exemplifying how art can be weaponized for espionage, a tactic not unique to this instance but part of a broader history of artistic deception in military and intelligence contexts. #Espionage #ColdWar #ArtAndTechnology #US #RU #GB
In 1945, a handcrafted Great Seal of the United States gifted by Soviet pioneers to the American ambassador in Moscow concealed a sophisticated listening device known as "The Thing," which evaded detection for seven years and exemplified the use of art as a tool for espionage during the Cold War, highlighting the intricate interplay between culture, technology, and intelligence operations. #ColdWar #Espionage #ArtAndTechnology #US #RU #GB
The article recounts how a handcrafted American eagle emblem, gifted by Russian schoolchildren to the U.S. ambassador in Moscow during World War II, harbored a secret listening device known as "The Thing," which successfully eavesdropped on diplomatic conversations for seven years until its discovery in 1951, illustrating the innovative use of art for espionage and the cultural implications of such deception. #Espionage #ArtHistory #ColdWar #US #RU #GB
In 1945, a handcrafted American eagle emblem gifted by Russian Pioneers to the U.S. ambassador in Moscow was later discovered to conceal a covert listening device, known as "The Thing," that secretly monitored diplomatic conversations for seven years, exemplifying the cunning use of art in espionage and reflecting a darker aspect of cultural history where beauty masquerades as a tool for intelligence gathering. #Espionage #ColdWar #ArtAndCulture #US #RU #GB
STALIN’S NEUTRAL ALPINE BLOCK Moscow wanted a neutral corridor from Switzerland via Austria to Yugoslavia to weaken NATO Europe and separate NATO Germany from NATO Italy. Neutrality was never “neutral” in Cold War geopolitics. It created buffer zones, blocked Western military https://t.co/CsNuWJoS0H #ColdWar #Geopolitics #Neutrality #CH #AT #YU #DE #IT
Kendall Myers, a former State Department employee who spied for Cuba for 30 years and passed sensitive information to his contacts, died on March 12 at the age of 88 while serving a life sentence for conspiracy to commit espionage, alongside his wife, who received an 81-month sentence for similar charges. #Espionage #ColdWar #Cuba #CU #US #MX #AR #BR #EC #TT
