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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La., flies a mission in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. RIMPAC includes more than 14 nations, 32 ships, five submarines, more than 170 aircraft and more than 20,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen, July 10, 2010. RIMPAC enhances cooperation between partnering nations and practices our ability to plan, communicate, and execute operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

Duck and cover? The majority of Americans say the U.S. is headed into another Cold War with Russia

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

George Washington's Peach Brandy, distilled with 18th-century techniques, will go on sale next week. Only 400 bottles will be available. (Mount Vernon)

Inside the Beltway: Hot air over a Cold War

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 9, 1980, file photo, Robert Strauss, President Jimmy Carter's national campaign chairman predicts during a news conference in Philadelphia, that the April 22 Pennsylvania primary could bury Senator Kennedy's presidential campaign with a Carter victory. Strauss, a former chairman of the Democratic Party and an ambassador to the Soviet Union, has died. Strauss' law firm confirmed his death Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at age 95. (AP Photo)

Ex-Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss dies at 95

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 1991, file photo, Robert Strauss, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Armed Service Committee. Strauss, a former chairman of the Democratic Party and an ambassador to the Soviet Union, has died. Strauss' law firm confirmed his death Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at age 95. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)

Ex-Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss dies at 95

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic stadium in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

ORTEL: In Ukraine, Putin sets referendum on Western progress

By Charles Ortel

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CHARLES: The familiar feel of the Iron Curtain

By Robert B. Charles

Out with a bang: Letters on a KGB officers monument are demolished in Kiev on Sunday as a top Ukrainian opposition figure assumed power and plunged the nation into new uncertainty. (Associated Press)

CODEVILLA: Ukrainian people are on the cusp of independence

By Angelo M. Codevilla

Anti-government protesters shout "Glory to the Ukraine" as they man a barricade at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's presidency said Friday that it has negotiated a deal intended to end battles between police and protesters that have killed scores and injured hundreds, but European mediators involved in the talks wouldn't confirm a breakthrough. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Ukraine announces deal to end crisis; shots fired

By Maria Danilova and Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

People buys some of Mukhmunad Ashabokova's tangerines off of her cart at the Abkhazian border Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, near Sochi, Russia. Most days in the tangerine season, she rolls her squat cart loaded down with the fruit across the bridge over Psou River from her garden about two miles inside Abkhazia. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Along the border near Sochi, a ring of steel rises

By STEVEN R. HURST - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 7, 1980 file photo, a woman walks past a huge portrait of Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev that dwarfs the symbol of the upcoming XXII Summer Olympics right behind, in Moscow. Brezhnev and his ruling Politburo wanted the games to legitimize the Soviet system, a military superpower and economic basket case. (AP Photo/File)

Sochi Games hold echoes of 1980 Moscow Olympics

By STEVEN R. HURST - Associated Press

Man and machine: Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died Monday. (Associated Press)

Kalashnikov, designer of revolutionary AK-47 assault rifle, dies in Russia

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Echoes of Cold War in Ukraine as Russia tries to rein in former Soviet satellites

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

BURNS: Bringing reformed Ukraine in from the chill of purgatory

By Conrad Burns

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BONDARCHUK: A tug of war between East and West

By Sergii Bondarchuk

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KUHNER: Obama hails Ho Chi Minh

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘American Betrayal’

By Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Battle of Bretton Woods’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Stalin’s Curse’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

Artists’ spat over Putin joins a Russian tradition

By LAURA MILLS - Associated Press

Iran says it successfully sent a monkey into space

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Associated Press