Via Wikimedia Commons (US Army tanks face off against Soviet tanks, Berlin 1961)

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 · 113 stories · 331 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 6, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing.

All arcs0 named arcs in 2025

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

2026202520242023

No named arcs in 2025 yet.

On a timeline

every arc in 2025 at its own dates · opens on month
Jan 14 – Dec 31, 2025No arcs in this window
  • Each row is an arc
  • A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
  • Who covered it: left, center, right
FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

No arcs in Jan 14 – Dec 31, 2025.

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

2023377 articles20241817 articles20251080 articles2026947 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

Oct 2023May 2024Dec 2024Jul 2025Feb 2026Sep 2026

LeftCenterRight

Point at or tap a week to see its count by side.

Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
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, 202404114
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, 20261102
Jul 6, 202681811108
Jul 20, 202622914
Jul 27, 20262027
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, 20262013

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

Everything else16 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

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

  1. May 31– Jun 1Hegseth Warns of Chinese Threats in Asia32 articles · 29 independent sources
    7 left, 10 center, 6 right
  2. Feb 28Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 8818 articles · 12 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 1 right

Stories that name Cold War

  1. Dec 20– 25Santa Tracker: Watch NORAD track Santa Claus and his reindeer as they deliver gifts around the world35 articles · 14 independent sources
    1 left, 11 center, 0 right
  2. Nov 4– 5Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history, dies at 84159 articles · 102 independent sources
    17 left, 23 center, 10 right
  3. Oct 30Trump orders US nuclear weapons testing to begin 'immediately' after Russia tests new missiles76 articles · 44 independent sources
    7 left, 18 center, 7 right
  4. Oct 28US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader7 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 3 right
  5. Oct 1– 2Jane Fonda relaunches her father's McCarthy-era free speech initiative23 articles · 18 independent sources
    1 left, 8 center, 0 right
  6. Aug 11– 16Trump-Putin summit in Alaska ends with no deal on Ukraine ceasefire149 articles · 65 independent sources
    17 left, 27 center, 18 right
  7. Aug 8– 11Europeans call for Ukraine inclusion ahead of Trump-Putin summit50 articles · 30 independent sources
    10 left, 16 center, 1 right
  8. Aug 8– 15Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska for high-stakes summit on Russia-Ukraine war153 articles · 63 independent sources
    13 left, 32 center, 15 right
  9. Jul 31– Aug 1Trump brings back Presidential Fitness Test for schoolchildren44 articles · 30 independent sources
    4 left, 12 center, 3 right
  10. Jul 27– 28Tom Lehrer, Army Vet, Song Satirist and Mathematician, Dies at 9748 articles · 28 independent sources
    7 left, 5 center, 1 right
Cold War · Throughline | Slantwise