Cold War

Is the Iranian Empire Striking Back? Lessons from the Collapse of the Soviet Union
- December 6, 2019
Exporting the communist revolution was a defining mission of the Soviet Union. But in practice, this translated into redirecting massive amounts of resources away from the domestic sphere, where they were desperately needed, towards consolidating the USSR’s influence over other …
By Farhad Rezaei and Ofira Seliktar
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A new Cold War?
- November 19, 2019
Thirty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world is a very different place. The liberal world order that appeared triumphant in 1989 faces unprecedented challenges – including renewed hostility from Russia – but also from a …
By Alexandra Gheciu
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Russian Expulsions: “If there was ever a time for diplomacy, this is it”
- April 5, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman

About 50 years ago, Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo created addictive detective stories rooted in sociology. The reader knew who was murdered and often learned early on who did it. The mystery to be solved …
By CIPS
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The West Gets Tough on Russia. What’s Next?
- March 29, 2018
Canada has now joined an international effort to punish the Russians for their role in the use of a nerve agent to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England.

Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland …
By Wesley Wark
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What Canada Should Do about Russia’s New Aggression
- March 16, 2018
The crisis between Russia and the West over the poisoning of former Russia spy Sergei Skripal, daughter, Yulia, and a British police sergeant, Nick Bailey, has now moved to the global stage of the United Nations Security Council. The crisis, …
By Wesley Wark
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From Spy Story to Global Crisis
- March 16, 2018
The biggest crisis in relations between Russia and the West since Russian aggression in Crimea and Ukraine is now in full force. The enormity of the action that led to this crisis — the poisoning of a former Russian spy …
By Wesley Wark
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Old-Style Poisoning Sets the Scene for New Cold War
- March 14, 2018
An aging Russian general and former spy is found murdered in a London park, the victim of an assassin’s gun. That’s a story straight out of a John le Carré novel. An aging Russian colonel and former spy is discovered, …
By Wesley Wark
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No Easy Route to Nuclear Disarmament
- October 11, 2017
Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a campaign group seeking a global ban on nuclear arms. The award to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) surprised many observers, particularly in a year when the architects …
By Alexandra Gheciu
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Is the Iranian Empire Striking Back? Lessons from the Collapse of the Soviet Union