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Cuban Missile Crisis

Spy in the sky? Up, up and away in a mysterious Chinese ‘weather balloon’ and what this means for aerial sovereignty

World

Spy in the sky? Up, up and away in a mysterious Chinese ‘weather balloon’ and what this means for aerial sovereignty

By J Brooks Spector

Brittney Griner, Viktor Bout, Lady R, arms and prisoners - the stuff movies are made of

South Africa

Brittney Griner, Viktor Bout, Lady R, arms and prisoners - the stuff movies are made of

By J Brooks Spector

Let’s hope Putin can control his trigger finger when it comes to nuclear weapons

World

Let’s hope Putin can control his trigger finger when it comes to nuclear weapons

By J Brooks Spector

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a far cry from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

South Africa

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a far cry from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

By J Brooks Spector

Biden-Putin meeting: A brief history of summitry

World

Biden-Putin meeting: A brief history of summitry

By J Brooks Spector

Remembering the true legacy of JFK

World

Remembering the true legacy of JFK

By Kalim Rajab

Wikileaks undermines Obama and Democrats, changes the face of espionage forever

Politics

Wikileaks undermines Obama and Democrats, changes the face of espionage forever

By Andy Rice