Cold War history 
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
12/2/2019
China Isn’t the Soviet Union. Confusing the Two Is Dangerous.
by Melvyn P. Leffler
An unusual confluence of events World War II led to America’s bitter rivalry with the U.S.S.R. That pattern is not repeating.
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11/17/19
The History Briefing on the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
by Andrew Fletcher
The collaspe of the Berlin Wall had both historical as well as cultural significance, which we should remember on its anniversary.
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9/29/19
Betrayal in Berlin: Soviet Disinformation and the Berlin Crisis
by Steve Vogel
While Russian bots and fake Facebook accounts are relatively new, efforts to undercut Western values and democracy and sow division among allies have long been part of the playbook for Russian and Soviet intelligence.
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7/14/19
American Billionaires' Ties to Moscow Go Back Decades
by Harvey Klehr
Former Fairbanks Whitney CEO David Karr continued the connection between American businessman and Russia throughout the twentieth century.
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/30/2019
A Monster to History, Stalin Is a Tourist Magnet in His Hometown
Stalin inspires deep emotions in the country where he spent his earliest years, and one of them is reverence.
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SOURCE: CBC
6/15/2019
CSIS destroyed secret file on Pierre Trudeau, stunning historians
Documents fell short of the legal threshold for retention
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