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Consisting of a command site (Oscar-Zero) and a launcher site (November-33), the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site (RRMSHS) preserves the mission of the 321st Strategic Missile Wi
Established in April 2016, the Black Sea Institute (BSI) is an independent research center dedicated to the analysis of European, Russian and Chinese affairs in the Black Sea region.
In the case of an escalation of the East-West conflict, all sectors of East German society were expected to meet the wartime needs of the National People's Army - the NVA – and fully support the operations of the country's forces and those of its allies. Already during peacetime, large parts of the GDR population had therefore been integrated into sweeping mobilization preparations. By Johannes Mühle.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the American intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965 emerged as a volatile issue in the rivalry between the superpowers. The Soviet Union put considerable pressure on India – in its role as an important player in the non-aligned movement – to take sides. Binay Prasad discusses how India handled the situation, balancing its own interests with those of the non-aligned movement.
Despite rising tensions between the superpowers during the early 1980s, both German states remained largely committed to the de-escalation process, even occasionally defying their respective hegemonic powers to pursue it. Precisely because the international climate had grown harsher, relations between East- and West German political analysts progressed both in quality and quantity in the following years. Sabine Loewe-Hannatzsch investigates.