NPR presents a slide show on the life of chess sensation Bobby Fischer who "became a cold war hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion" Boris Spassky in 1972. Fischer was the first U.S. born world chess champion.

A March 2007 five part series from NPR that looks at Russian foreign policy, Vladmir Putin as throw back to Cold War leadership, human rights, democracy in Russia, and U.S.-Russian relations.