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NEW - June 23, 2010
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea?
New Archive Document Collection Sheds Light on Nixon's Frustrating Search for Military Options

New from the Archive's Nuclear Vault

NEW - June 16, 2010
"We can't go on the way we are"
U.S. Proposals for a Fissile Material Production Cutoff and Disarmament Diplomacy during the 1950s and 60s

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June 13, 2010
The Washington/Camp David Summit 1990: From the Secret Soviet, American and German Files
Documents Show Serious Domestic Challenges to Gorbachev; Bush Tries to Help with Trade Agreement, Not Arms Cuts

June 11, 2010
Landmark Conviction in Colombia's Palace of Justice Case
Declassified Documents Implicate Colonel, Army, in Civilian Killings, Disappearances

May 30, 2010
Secret U.S. Overture to Iran in 1999 Broke Down Over Terrorism Allegations

U.S. Also Misunderstood Iran's Leadership Dynamics in Attempting Exclusive Contact with President Khatami

May 25, 2010
The Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev, 1990
Fifth Installment of Former Top Soviet Adviser's Journal Available in English for First Time

May 7, 2010
Former Guatemalan Soldier Arrested for Alleged Role in Dos Erres Massacre
Declassified documents show that U.S. officials knew the Guatemalan Army was responsible for the 1982 mass murder

May 6, 2010
Cracking open the Soviet biological weapons system, 1990
More from David Hoffman's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

April 30, 2010
Historic Dissident Journal Published Online
New Russia Web Page Features Digitized Soviet Documents on Missile Crisis, Afghanistan, End of Cold War, and Dissidents from National Security Archive Collections

April 29, 2010
The Glasnost tours:
Breaking Down Soviet Military Secrecy

April 14, 2010
In Memoriam: Anatoly Fedorovich Dobrynin (1919-2010)
Dean of Washington's Diplomatic Corps, Eyewitness to the Superpower Rivalry, and Advocate for Opening Up the History of the Cold War


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