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The China Card
The China Card The People’s Republic of China played a pivotal role during the Cold War. While the PRC’s influence was largely limited to satellites in Asia, the country was important to the uneasy balance of power that ultimately descended … Continue reading
Lone Gunman
Lone Gunman 1963 While campaigning in Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Two commissions, the Warren Commission, and the House Select Committee on Assassinations, differed over whether or not Oswald acted alone. In any … Continue reading
OPEC
OPEC 1960 Founded to allow oil producing countries to have more control over the price of oil, and thereby state revenues, OPEC has grown into an institution that controls two-thirds of the world’s oil reserves and generates roughly half of … Continue reading
U-2 Incident
U-2 Incident 1960 Starting in 1955, the United States began running surveillance flights over the Soviet Union at altitudes beyond Soviet anti-aircraft ranges. However, in May of 1960, a Soviet Sam II missile struck Francis Gary Powers’ aircraft in Soviet … Continue reading
Flower Power
Flower Power 1965 – 1970 A term reportedly coined by the poet Allen Ginsberg, “flower power” came to represent the nonviolence and peace movements of the 1960s. The classical context for the phrase was the placement of daisies into rifle … Continue reading
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution 1966 – 1977 While primarily representative of an internal power struggle within the People’s Republic of China, the Cultural Revolution had profound international implications. As Mao Zedong felt increasingly marginalized by moderates within the Chinese Communist party, he … Continue reading
ABM Treaty
ABM Treaty 1972 The Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty sought to cement the system of mutually assured destruction as the lynchpin of strategic balance. The ABM treaty restricted the ability of the two superpowers to defend themselves from nuclear strike. In … Continue reading
Introducing the Twilight Strategy Forum!
The much-requested forum is now live! There’s a fantastic community around this site, and we’re excited to provide an outlet for conversation (and Missile Envy rules questions). As always, we welcome feedback; either email us directly, or post it in the Twilight Strategy … Continue reading
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Muslim Revolution
Muslim Revolution 1979 As secular Arab and Muslim states throughout the Middle East displayed corruption, repression and incompetence, more radical forms of Islam began to come to the fore. The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt, sought to topple the secular … Continue reading
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt 1969 An ardent socialist and opponent of the Nazi party during his youth, Willy Brandt led the West German Socialist Democratic party to the Chancellorship in 1969. There he implemented the same pragmatic approach to east-west linkages that … Continue reading
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