Second Cold War

A form of Cold War II — The ongoing tensions between the United States of America alongside its European allies and the Russian Federation since the mid-2010s and especially since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022; sometimes called the new US–Russian Cold War.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Cold War II.

    For the true aficionados there is, in addition, the impact imprecisely) as the new or Second Cold War of the 1980s.

    2004, Olav Njolstad, The Last Decade of the Cold War, →ISBN
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    Although developed around the First Cold War of 1947-53, the same debate, about causes and responsibility, elaborated simultaneously rather than sequentially, can be identified with regard to the Second Cold War, of 1979-85.

    1993, Mike Bowker, Robin Brown, From Cold War to Collapse: Theory and World Politics in the 1980s, →ISBN

    Recent evidence about the events of 1983 provides an opportunity to explore the risk of nuclear war and the role of misperception in Soviet–American relations during the 'Second Cold War'

    2013, Michael Herman, Gwilym Hughes, Intelligence in the Cold War: What Difference Did it Make?, →ISBN, page 5

    Moreover, this pressure can also be regarded as a bond between the Second Cold War period and the years preceding and succeeding it containing as it does, vital elements of continuity and change.

    2017, Mark. G Rolls, The Arms Dynamic in South-East Asia During the Second Cold War

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cold war ii

Rhymes & wordplay

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