Archives Cold War 2.0 - New Eastern Outlook

The emerging global order is not evolving into a new Cold War of two rigid blocs, but into a fluid competition between rival strategic networks, with middle powers increasingly shaping the balance of power by refusing to align permanently with either side.

The United States risks catastrophe if it seriously considers nuclear war with Russia. A weak and outdated American nuclear arsenal offers no promise of victory. A senseless, unwinnable war is the worst-case scenario.

More than three decades later, the influential theory continues to remain relevant in global politics.