the Iron Curtain
noun
: the political and military barrier in the past that separated the communist countries of Europe from the rest of Europe
a spy novel that takes place behind the Iron Curtain
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Sandinista ideology blended Marxism, liberalism, and nationalism, borrowing ideas from both sides of the Iron Curtain.
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
This particular cruise is a cultural adventure with stops in several nations that were once behind the Iron Curtain—Latvia, Estonia, and Poland—as well as a grand tour of Scandinavian destinations including Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Bornholm, and the Åland Islands.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Brzezinski felt a personal sting of betrayal after the Yalta conference in 1945, when the Iron Curtain drew shut across Europe—with Poland on the other side.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Born in the darkest days of the Cold War, the Lockheed Martin U-2 was conceived of as a way of lifting the veil from one of the greatest enigmas of the 1950s: what exactly was going on behind the Iron Curtain separating the West from the Soviet Bloc?
—David Szondy
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
This particular cruise is a cultural adventure with stops in several nations that were once behind the Iron Curtain—Latvia, Estonia, and Poland—as well as a grand tour of Scandinavian destinations including Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Bornholm, and the Åland Islands.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Brzezinski felt a personal sting of betrayal after the Yalta conference in 1945, when the Iron Curtain drew shut across Europe—with Poland on the other side.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Born in the darkest days of the Cold War, the Lockheed Martin U-2 was conceived of as a way of lifting the veil from one of the greatest enigmas of the 1950s: what exactly was going on behind the Iron Curtain separating the West from the Soviet Bloc?
—David Szondy
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
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