ID | 182253 |
Title Proper | New Cold War |
Other Title Information | America, China, and the Echoes of History |
Language | ENG |
Author | Brands, Hal ; Gaddis, Lewis John |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | Is the world entering a new cold war? Our answer is yes and no. Yes ifwe mean a protracted international rivalry, for cold wars in this sense are as old as history itself. Some became hot, some didn’t: no law guarantees either outcome. No ifwe mean theCold War, which we capitalize because it originated and popularized the term. That struggle took place at a particular time (from 1945–47 to 1989–91), among particular adversaries (the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies), and over particular issues (post–World War II power balances, ideological clashes, arms races). None ofthose issues looms as large now, and where parallels do exist—growing bipolarity, intensifying polemics, sharpening distinctions between autocracies and democracies— the context is quite di+erent. |
`In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 100, No.6; Nov-Dec 2021: p.10-21 |
Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 100 No 6 |
Key Words | China ; America ; New Cold War |