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The New Cold War: The United States, Russia, and China from Kosovo to Ukraine
The New Cold War: The United States, Russia, and China from Kosovo to Ukraine
The New Cold War: The United States, Russia, and China from Kosovo to Ukraine
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A leading international relations expert uncovers the key stages that led from the end of the Cold War to the War in Ukraine.

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, warnings of a new Cold War proliferated. In fact, argues Gilbert Achcar in this timely new account, the New Cold War has been ongoing since the late 1990s.


Racing to solidify its position as the last remaining superpower, the US alienated Russia and China, pushing them closer and rebooting the ‘old’ Cold War with disastrous implications. Vladimir Putin’s consequent rise and imperialist reinvention, along with Xi Jinping’s own ascendancy and increasingly autocratic tendencies, would culminate, respectively, in the invasion of Ukraine and mounting tensions over Taiwan and trade.


Was all this inevitable? What comes after Ukraine, and what might the contours of a more peaceful world look like? These questions and many others are addressed in this essential book by one of the most seasoned analysts of international relations.


With erudition and sobering analysis, Achcar argues that only by understanding this new landscape can we begin to imagine the contours of an alternative, more peaceful world.

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Release dateApr 4, 2023
ISBN9781642599404
The New Cold War: The United States, Russia, and China from Kosovo to Ukraine
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Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar teaches at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

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