The magisterial Cambridge History of the Cold War views the Cold War as an undifferentiated chunk of history. But the conflict between the superpowers was just one strand of history in the middle and late twentieth century, not the whole story.

By LAWRENCE D. FREEDMAN

Moscow ignoring ecological impact of several planned buildings for 2014 games, says UN Environment Programme

The Netherlands has played a major role in shaping the world economy, and is now bringing to light the need to steer innovation away from technology and products and toward services. Change management and customer empathy are critical to creating services that will be adopted. Designing services is also a question of systems innovation.
How has [...]

Srebrenica’s shadow hangs over the Dutch pullout from Afghanistan, but the Nato alliance is increasingly fragile

The Dutch army has been operating as part of Nato in a remote and unruly part of Afghanistan since 2006. Fighting against the Taliban has been heavy at times. Twenty-one Dutch lives have been lost, out of about 1,800 men and women.

By Ian Buruma

While Christian Democrats argue over the position of party leader Jan Peter Balkenende, more politicians are set to stand down at the next election.

Those investigating child sex abuse within the Dutch Roman Catholic Church are facing an enormous job which is increasing by the day. Complaints are flooding in from around the country following initial revelations made by Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the NRC Handelsblad newspaper.
The first reports of abuse came from a boarding school in the eastern [...]

China is exploring the possibility of extending its high-speed train network as far as Europe, potentially cutting rail travel time between London and Beijing to as little as two days.

Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has said that joint economic governance among some or all EU member states is an inevitable consequence of the creation of the euro.

What is the significance of France’s recent sale of four powerful Mistral-class warships to Russia? Was it business as usual or an irresponsible move contributing to a dangerous shift in the balance of power in the Baltic and Black Seas?

By Dominique Moisi

Gerrit Zalm can stay on as the head of ABN Amro. But two financial regulators that looked into his record at the bankrupt bank DSB came to very different conclusions about him.
The Dutch financial services regulatory authority AFM and central bank DNB were both asked to look into his performance as the chief financial officer [...]

Seven years on, these elections are a miracle. But the anti-war brigade is too blinded by prejudice to see it

By David Aaronovitch

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The actress on her acting, her influences and Tom Ford in a New York Times video.

Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes.
Read more >> | Google and Partners Seek Foothold in the Living Room – NYTimes.com.