iron curtain
noun
1
: a political, military, and ideological barrier that cuts off and isolates an area
specifically, often capitalized
: one formerly isolating an area under Soviet control
2
: an impenetrable barrier
the iron curtain between the ego and the unconscious—
C. J. Rolo
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The film, which is set in 1991, sees Holocaust survivor and father (Fry) and stubborn daughter (Dunham) reunite, reconcile and chart a course for Poland to visit the father’s family home the moment the iron curtain falls.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 13 June 2024
With the orchestrated assassination of Alexei Navalny while in captivity, the challenges were never more imperative for the people of Russia to surmount the iron curtain that has expunged democracy and usurped their civil liberties under the guise of internal and external threats.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
If the United States stopped aiding and protecting fledgling democracies, however, some could disappear behind Beijing’s digital iron curtain.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Under this logic, the new iron curtain is being built not by Putin but by the West, which seeks to lock Russians inside their own borders through its sanctions and visa bans.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2022
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 13 June 2024
With the orchestrated assassination of Alexei Navalny while in captivity, the challenges were never more imperative for the people of Russia to surmount the iron curtain that has expunged democracy and usurped their civil liberties under the guise of internal and external threats.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
If the United States stopped aiding and protecting fledgling democracies, however, some could disappear behind Beijing’s digital iron curtain.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Under this logic, the new iron curtain is being built not by Putin but by the West, which seeks to lock Russians inside their own borders through its sanctions and visa bans.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2022
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“Iron curtain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20curtain. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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