The Second Cold War is a rematch among the same teams that opposed each other for most of the First Cold War. On the one side are the United States and its East Asian and European allies, including new NATO allies in central and eastern Europe and the Baltic. On the other side are Russia and China and their allies and clients.
In Cold War II, as in Cold War I, the rivals have organized competing military alliances.…
My first argument, then, is that the underlying cause of Cold War II is the American bid for global hegemony that followed Cold War I and Chinese and Russian resistance to it.
My second argument is that, if American victory is defined as achieving American global hegemony in the face of their resistance, particularly the resistance of China, the United States is going to be defeated in Cold War II.…
Before failure forces it to do so, the United States should abandon the doomed bid for global hegemony that followed Cold War I and has provoked Cold War II....Longish but important.
The National Interest
America vs. Russia and China: Welcome to Cold War II
Michael Lind
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