the caucasus region is located between the black sea and the caspian sea in south of the russian federation, north west of iran and north east of turkey. geographical situation and strategic significance of the south caucasus, have turned it to one of the most important parts of the world. in an atmosphere of the us -russia geostrategic competition and possibility of waging a cold war between t...

the south ossetia crisis leading to military hostilities between russia and georgia has turned into one of the complicated crises in the caucasus and at the world level since the disintegration of the soviet :union:. this crisis should be considered as the harbinger of a new stage in the international relations arena in the transition from the cold war era. hence, it can be suggested that the c...

In contrast to the previous optimistic forecasts of ruling elite in late USSR and new Russia about how our country's relations with West will develop positively after collapse Soviet Union socialist system Eastern Europe, Russia's successful entry into Western community; triumphalist sentiments itself regarding "collapse communism", victory cold war role Russia, which has lost its as a superpow...

Resenha do Livro: FIELD Jr, Thomas C.; KREPP, Stella; PETTINÀ Vanni (ed.). Latin America and the Global Cold War. The New War history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020, 440p.

This challenge to many of the cherished dogmas of genetics and evolution is fascinating reading. Lindegren's comments concerning the suppression of views which challenge the underlying assumptions of scientific research are particularly poignant in view of his difficulty in getting this book published, even though he is an outstanding geneticist. The first chapter, "The Game of Science," and th...

Although the Cold War has ended, thousands of workers involved in nuclear weapons production are still living with the adverse health effects of working with radioactive materials, beryllium, and silica. After a series of court battles, the U.S. government passed the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Act in October 2000 to financially assist workers whose health has been compromised by thes...

In this essay, Menand raises historiographical questions about the Cold War, arising mainly from his experience of authoring The Free World: Art and Thought in War (New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2021).