Cold War

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Thursday 6 August

US leaving ‘watershed’ nuclear missile treaty

‘Not for a single moment did I imagine that this solemn and awful duty would one day fall to me,’ reads Cold War draft speech

This week marks the 28th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the German Democratic Republic

The decades-long conflict spanned the globe and cost the lives of millions

Why this year’s Red Square event was worth watching

Jan Dymic who’s described as a ‘smoothie’ is thought to have met the Labour leader several times

Former Soviet colonel averted certain cold war nuclear disaster thanks to ‘gut instinct’ in 1983

Anger as Moscow blocks UN sanctions over regime's use of chemical weapons

Canadian diver solves an enduring mystery of the Cold War - and other tall tales

Spielberg's film uses real events, but overplays its portrayal of Donovan as a lone freedom fighter

53 years ago today, a nuclear war between the US and USSR was narrowly averted after Khrushchev 'blinked'

As political tensions create instability, investors should make sure their portfolios are able to cope with nasty surprises

From the Falklands war to financial deregulation and the poll tax, Thatcher transformed UK politics

Ordinary Cypriots are sympathetic to the Russians, who have boosted economy during the recession

Blanchett's dazzling performance makes this grim Cold War play worth catching at the Barbican