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Cold War

Arcs in the news about Cold War from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Subject · 116 stories · 335 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 6, 2023

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Oct 2, 202334216
Oct 9, 20231225
Oct 23, 20231305
Nov 6, 202352012
Nov 27, 2023213216224
Dec 4, 20231522892
Jan 15, 202412011
Jan 29, 20240113
Feb 5, 20240405
Feb 12, 202487732
Mar 11, 20241109
Mar 25, 202412248174
May 6, 202424115
May 13, 202458634
May 27, 2024819669
Jun 10, 20241021890
Jun 17, 2024142914162
Jun 24, 2024723780
Jul 1, 20240217
Jul 8, 2024510336
Jul 15, 2024162610122
Jul 22, 202423115
Jul 29, 2024284524320
Sep 2, 20240719
Oct 28, 202425532
Nov 4, 202425221
Nov 11, 2024210245
Nov 18, 20241318871
Dec 2, 20241001
Dec 16, 202405115
Dec 23, 202472514158
Dec 30, 2024162517168
Jan 27, 20252305
Feb 3, 20251215690
Feb 24, 202535118
Mar 10, 20250102
Mar 17, 2025111812109
Mar 31, 202513216
Apr 7, 202569437
May 26, 2025710628
Jul 21, 202562016
Jul 28, 2025516370
Aug 4, 2025715959
Aug 11, 2025244219269
Aug 18, 20251001
Sep 29, 202518022
Oct 27, 2025719978
Nov 3, 2025172310152
Dec 15, 20250208
Dec 22, 2025110027
Jan 5, 202628441
Jan 26, 202657236
Apr 27, 20260101
May 4, 2026712661
Jun 1, 202632631
Jun 22, 20260011
Jun 29, 20261113
Jul 6, 202681811108
Jul 13, 20260102
Jul 20, 202622914
Jul 27, 20262038
Aug 3, 20261146
Aug 10, 202629478
Aug 17, 2026912963
Aug 24, 20260011
Aug 31, 2026813756
Sep 7, 2026310231
Sep 14, 2026193328196
Sep 21, 2026172924157
Sep 28, 20262002

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else21 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Cold War that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 27Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on AI regulations will be harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations9 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Sep 22– 24Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald says Broncos’ Sean Payton accused him of cheating in 202412 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 2 right
  3. Sep 21– 22What’s the US–China AI ‘hotline’ that Trump plans to pitch to Xi Jinping?3 articles · 3 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 1 right
  4. Sep 3– 4Finland runs Europe's biggest civil defense exercise since the end of World War II6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  5. Sep 2– 5‘Mayday’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh Are Unlikely Cold War Buddies in a Pleasing Eighties Throwback14 articles · 13 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 2 right

Stories that name Cold War

  1. Sep 18– 24Trump signs Greenland security pact298 articles · 115 independent sources
    26 left, 42 center, 36 right
  2. Sep 11– 15China bristles at Anthropic CEO’s ‘fearmongering’ about its AI development74 articles · 44 independent sources
    7 left, 12 center, 8 right
  3. Sep 4– 7Trump calls Iran conflict "small potatoes"43 articles · 34 independent sources
    6 left, 7 center, 3 right
  4. Aug 17– 19Nvidia to post $105 billion for OpenAI data center in Ohio10 articles · 10 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 3 right
  5. Aug 16– 21U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East, relieving long-deployed USS Lincoln50 articles · 36 independent sources
    6 left, 9 center, 5 right
  6. Aug 13– 15Jeff Daniels, Jared Harris preview political thriller 'The Brink of War'54 articles · 12 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 2 right
  7. Aug 11– 17'Brink of War' star Jeff Daniels says film explores Reagan's push for religious freedom in the USSR8 articles · 7 independent sources
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  8. Aug 9– 15European countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continent20 articles · 17 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 0 right
  9. Jul 29– 30Trump administration is repurposing federal land for AI data centers6 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 1 right
  10. Jul 20– 21State Dept. again deems Cuba a threat amid talk of U.S. push for regime change16 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 9 right
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