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cold Vorkuta is a city Russia doesn't need--but her people don't want to leave: "Vorkuta is ... the Soviet Union in miniature." gulfstream/506

Anne Applebaum: “Is India's nuclear rivalry with Pakistan completely unlike the old nuclear rivalry between United States and the Soviet Union—is … gulfstream/807

Foreign Aid should preferentially be given to democracies; they’ll make better use of it. Also, according to this piece, the World Bank … gulfstream/1567

Why European support for the US has waned (for some reason described in terms of “legitimacy”). “U.S. legitimacy among Europeans rested on … gulfstream/1628

Branding America: “… in the Soviet Union of the 1950s and ’60s, there was Pravda on the one hand, Voice of America on the other. The former … gulfstream/1709

“In the early years of the Soviet Union, many believed that architecture could function as a tool of social transformation. It was a … gulfstream/1759

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In the early years of the Soviet Union, many believed that architecture could function as a tool of social transformation. It was a time when architecture--and … quotes/411

On July 6 [1960], Gates [Tom Gates, the Secretary of Defense] met with Eisenhower to recommend the creation of a SIOP [Single Integrated Operational Plan]... … quotes/330

Perhaps the greatest of all forces for uniformity in the modern world is the cinema, since its influence is not confined to America but penetrates to … quotes/106

But even if change is inevitable, that portion of change that is the result of human thought and decision is susceptible to moral evaluation. Change is … dalrymple/11