”For me, the most important lesson of the Cold War is to understand that interventionism is not a panacea. It does not always produce the result that the interventionist power hoped for, nor does it always produce positive or long-lasting outcomes for the local people.”      

”The lessons we can draw about the Cold War is that the political will to avoid a large-scale confrontation was possible, especially because of the danger posed by nuclear weapons. Negotiations and political meetings took place more frequently than today. Despite the different political cycles during the decades of the Cold War, the trend was…

Deadline: May 7, 2021 Location: Germany Date: 29-30 October 2021 Subject Fields: Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies, Diplomacy and International Relations, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Human Rights, World History / Studies This international workshop will bring together established and emerging scholars to chart the intersection between refugee history and Cold War history….

The Cold War Research Network (CWRN) is proud to present the new special issue edited by its member Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam together with the CWRN coordinator Giles Scott-Smith on Translation and the cultural Cold War. Overall, in the bipolar arena of the Cold War, translation was a crucial tool used by superpowers in the ideological battle…