
Cold War
The Cold War was the long rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies, from the late 1940s to 1991.
186 linked stories in all years we hold
Via Wikimedia Commons (US Army tanks face off against Soviet tanks, Berlin 1961)
The earliest story we hold is from Oct 26, 2021.
Stories involving Cold War0 named stories in 2026
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Jan 5, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026
Share of the sources publishing each week that covered it
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Week of Nov 9, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026: 0 left, 0 center, 1 right, under 1% of the sources that published that week · 1 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2026 - Jan 11, 2026 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 12% |
| Jan 12, 2026 - Jan 18, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jan 19, 2026 - Jan 25, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jan 26, 2026 - Feb 1, 2026 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Feb 2, 2026 - Feb 8, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 9, 2026 - Feb 15, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 22, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 1, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 2, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 9, 2026 - Mar 15, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 16, 2026 - Mar 22, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 23, 2026 - Mar 29, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 5, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 6, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 13, 2026 - Apr 19, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 20, 2026 - Apr 26, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 27, 2026 - May 3, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | under 1% |
| May 4, 2026 - May 10, 2026 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 61 | 18% |
| May 11, 2026 - May 17, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 18, 2026 - May 24, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 25, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 1, 2026 - Jun 7, 2026 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 10% |
| Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 14, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 15, 2026 - Jun 21, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 22, 2026 - Jun 28, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 29, 2026 - Jul 5, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 6, 2026 - Jul 12, 2026 | 12 | 29 | 17 | 108 | 10% |
| Jul 13, 2026 - Jul 19, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 20, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 2% |
| Jul 27, 2026 - Aug 2, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | under 1% |
| Aug 3, 2026 - Aug 9, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | under 1% |
| Aug 10, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 75 | 6% |
| Aug 17, 2026 - Aug 23, 2026 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 60 | 9% |
| Aug 24, 2026 - Aug 30, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 31, 2026 - Sep 6, 2026 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 54 | 8% |
| Sep 7, 2026 - Sep 13, 2026 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 4% |
| Sep 14, 2026 - Sep 20, 2026 | 23 | 35 | 29 | 185 | 18% |
| Sep 21, 2026 - Sep 27, 2026 | 19 | 40 | 26 | 151 | 18% |
| Sep 28, 2026 - Oct 4, 2026 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 112 | 13% |
| Oct 5, 2026 - Oct 11, 2026 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 53 | 9% |
| Oct 12, 2026 - Oct 18, 2026 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 6% |
| Oct 19, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 4% |
| Oct 26, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | under 1% |
| Nov 2, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | under 1% |
| Nov 9, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | under 1% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Whole record, all years we hold
90 left · 100 center · 86 right: 276 sources on the spectrum, across 186 linked stories.
Everything else31 updates in 2026 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about Cold War that are not part of any story yet
- Oct 21– 23Trump announces he'll use Defense Production Act to increase domestic gas production8 articles · 8 sources3 left, 2 center, 3 right
- Oct 6Cold War memories stir Rubio in Iceland as he champions diplomacy and downplays differences4 articles · 4 sources2 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Sep 27Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on AI regulations will be harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations9 articles · 5 sources1 left, 4 center, 0 right
- Sep 22– 24Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald says Broncos’ Sean Payton accused him of cheating in 202412 articles · 8 sources3 left, 3 center, 2 right
- Sep 21– 22What’s the US–China AI ‘hotline’ that Trump plans to pitch to Xi Jinping?3 articles · 3 sources1 left, 0 center, 1 right
- Sep 3– 4Finland runs Europe's biggest civil defense exercise since the end of World War II6 articles · 5 sources1 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Sep 2– 5‘Mayday’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh Are Unlikely Cold War Buddies in a Pleasing Eighties Throwback14 articles · 13 sources2 left, 5 center, 2 right
Stories that name Cold War
- Oct 23– 26Kim Jong Un visits China, inaugurates bridge between the countries23 articles · 17 sources4 left, 8 center, 2 right
- Oct 12– 14MI5 chief says Iran is targeting military sites and suspected plot at RAF Fairford is 'not unique’43 articles · 32 sources8 left, 12 center, 7 right
- Oct 6– 7Germany's Ex-Spy Chief Arrested for Espionage and Treason — What We Know55 articles · 38 sources6 left, 15 center, 11 right
- Sep 30– Oct 2US can deport leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds, judge rules24 articles · 20 sources6 left, 7 center, 5 right
- Sep 30– Oct 4Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic18 articles · 18 sources4 left, 2 center, 7 right
- Sep 29– Oct 5Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar95 articles · 65 sources15 left, 28 center, 15 right
- Sep 11– 15China bristles at Anthropic CEO’s ‘fearmongering’ about its AI development74 articles · 44 sources11 left, 16 center, 9 right
- Sep 4– 7Trump calls Iran conflict "small potatoes"44 articles · 35 sources9 left, 19 center, 5 right
- Aug 17– 19Nvidia to post $105 billion for OpenAI data center in Ohio10 articles · 10 sources3 left, 2 center, 5 right
Local coverage
- Nov 7Writer Nick Harkaway expands his father John le Carré’s spyverse in new thriller ‘The Taper Man’3 articles · 3 sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Oct 22Paweł Pawlikowski, master of the 90-minute movie, returns with 'Fatherland'4 articles · 3 sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right