This month on Coming in From the Cold, returning guest Ken Gause and Kevin Pollpeter join Bill to discuss the Pentagon’s report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.    

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The UFO Phenomenon: Reckoning with the Inconceivable

On this bonus episode of Coming in From the Cold, we are gearing up for the Pentagon’s report on “unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)” anticipated today, June 25. Sam Bendett, an expert on Russian military technology joins Bill to explore the possibility that adversary technology can explain these phenomena and dive into the Russian experience with UAP. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.  

From UFO to UAP

This time on Coming in From the Cold, Pamela Faber and Meg McBride join Bill to discuss their recent report, "Understanding Gender and Violent Extremism." Including examples from the Cold War. Click here to explore the report discussed in the episode: https://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/Understanding-Gender-and-Violent-Extremism.pdf

Gender and Violent Extremist Organizations

On this episode of Coming in From the Cold, returning guests Steve Wills and Anya Fink join Bill to discuss the Cold War history of nuclear fallout shelters, civilian evacuations plans, and other aspects of civil defense. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.    

Duck and Cover

Bill and his guests discuss the rise and fall of the John Birch Society, a far-right organization which trafficked in conspiracy theories. CNA’s Meg McBride returns, accompanied by Darren Mulloy author of the “The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism and the Cold War.” Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.  

The John Birch Society

On this episode, Ralph Espach and Ken Gause join bill to discuss the weird world of Soviet and American experiments with parapsychology, during the Cold War.   

The Brain as a Secret Weapon

Dr. Afshon Ostovar Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and CNA’s Mike Connell join Bill to discuss the rise and fall of the Shah of Iran. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.   

The Last Shah of Iran

On this episode, from Sputnik to Apollo to Star Wars, we cover the Cold War in space. Steve Wills returns, joined by special guest Don Brown, who leads the government group at Telesat, a major satellite operator. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.  

Rebroadcast: Dyna-soars and Brilliant Pebbles- The Cold War in Space

Pamela Faber returns along with Judd Devermont the director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). They discuss the Assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and its implications for Central Africa. Additional Reading U.S. National Archives: “Interview with Congo Chief of Station,” Miscellaneous Records of the Church Committee, Record Number 157-10014-10178, May 3, 2000, and Record Administration, United States Senate, Church Committee: Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Washington: USGPO, 1975). Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State:“The Congo, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1960–1965.” The Congo Crisis, 1960-1961: “A Critical Oral History Conference.” David Robarge: “CIA’s Covert Operations in the Congo, 1960–1968: Insights from Newly Declassified Documents.”   Jacobin: “Why They Killed Patrice Lumumba: An Interview with Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja.” Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State: Congo, 1964-1968. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.   

The Congo Crisis: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba

This month on Coming in From the Cold, a discussion of the history of Afghanistan leading up to the Soviet Invasion, and the war's legacy in the nation today. Regular guest Steve Wills sits in for Bill Rosenau as host and is joined by Ohio University professor of history Dr. John Brobst, and Dr. Jon Schroden Director of CNA's Center for Stability and Development. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.  

The Mujahideen: From Allies To Menace

This month on Coming in From the Cold, CNA analyst Pamela Faber and Steve Wills join Bill to discuss Project Coast. This was the covert effort of the Apartheid government to develop chemical and biological weapons, assassinate political dissidents, and continue the oppression of the Apartheid State in South Africa. Related Materials Chandré Gould, Brian Rappert, Verne Harris, and Kathryn Smith, “Why Project Coast Still Matters,” Institute for Security Studies, November 24, 2014, https://issafrica.org/iss-today/why-project-coast-still-matters. “Special Investigation into Project Coast: South Africa’s Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme,” Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa),  October 29, 1998, http://sabctrc.saha.org.za/originals/finalreport/volume2/chapters/volume2_ch9.pdf. Stephen Burgess and Helen Purkit, The Rollback of South Africa’s Chemical and Biological Warfare Program (Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, April 2001). Chandré Gould and Peter Folb, “Project Coast: Apartheid’s Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme,” United Nations Disarmament Research Institute, December 20, 2002, https://unidir.org/publication/project-coast-apartheids-chemical-and-biological-warfare-programme.

Apartheid in South Africa: Project Coast

On this episode of Coming in from the Cold, Bill is joined by CNA analysts Dawn Thomas and Meg McBride as well as Arie Perliger of U-Mass Lowell. They discuss the history of right-wing terrorism in the United States and what it can teach us about these groups today. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.   

Setting the Night on Fire: Right Wing Terrorism in the U.S.

 On this episode, Professor Stuart Schrader of John Hopkins University and CNA’s Stephen Rickman join Bill. They discuss how counter-insurgency tactics used by the U.S. military abroad were repatriated and used by police departments in American cities. Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants.   

American Counter-Insurgency and Policing

Paul Saunders and Alex Powell join Bill to discuss the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, and how world powers continue to make the same mistakes.   Click here to visit our website and learn more about the participants. 

The Bear Came Over the Mountain

This month on Coming in from the Cold, Kasey Stricklin returns for another discussion of disinformation, this time with Thomas Rid Professor of Strategic Studies at John Hopkins University.

Disinformation Cont.

Coming in from the Cold explores forgotten—or never-remembered—national security policy initiatives, incidents and events during the Cold War. In each episode Cold War Historian Bill Rosenau, sits down with experts on a wide range of topics to discuss these events and how they are relevant to today’s challenges. The views expressed here are those of the commentators and do not necessarily reflect the views of CNA or any of its sponsors.

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