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Making it official. "The Cold War is back - with a vengeance but with a difference," [UN Secretary-General Antonio] Guterres said, noting that the safeguards which managed the risk of escalation during the first Cold War "no longer seem to be present."... Sputnik InternationalUN Secretary General: Cold War Resumed

Look, it's bogus. It's fiction. It's B.S. It's disinformation. It's American propaganda. The reality is this: Russia has been protesting about the, once we left, Washington left the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, Russia has been protesting what we've been building. We told Russia, why are you worried? It has nothing to do with Russia. This is all about Iran and, quote, rogue states, unidentified.... This was about Russia. The Russians knew it. You and I knew it. Everybody knew it... Then...

The US elite believes that this worked for Reagan. There is, of course, the side-benefit of feeding the military-industrial-govermental complex that is foundational for the US politico-economic system.I would add that Russia is not the principal target. The chief competitor of the US is China, and the US cannot achieve its goal of permanent global hegemony without regime change in China and partition of the country into pieces that cannot challenge the US economically. This is only...

The new Russian underwater doomsday weapon Status-6 is a fitting symbol of the New Cold War and its senselessness. The National InterestStatus-6: What Russia Is Saying About Its 100-Megaton Nuclear Torpedo Lyle J. Goldstein | Professor of Strategy in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI.

The ongoing role of false narratives and historical fallacies. The Nation If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’? Stephen F. Cohen | Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies, History, and Politics at New York University and Princeton UniversitySee alsoAgenda and hidden agenda. I have remarked on more than one occasion that Western perceptions of the Russian ‘threat’ have historically owed little to the real scale (or even existence) of that threat....

The new arms race heats up. The Trump Administration's newly-released Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) lays out plans to modernize the US nuclear triad by integrating nuclear capability on the F-35 fighter jet, deploying low-yield warheads at sea, and developing new silo-based strategic weapons, among other initiatives.… Nutty logic. The review claims a stronger US nuclear deterrent is needed to discourage Russia, China, Iran and North Korea from either developing new weapons or expanding...

The most influential US foreign-policy membership society has issued a report affirming the new Cold War and its eagerness to fight it. Here we go again. Cold War = arms race.The US military has been advancing on Russia and China for years and Russia and China have responded to the perceived threat predictably by arming up. Now the US is claiming that Russia and China are threatening US interests and the US needs to commit more resources in order to stay on top.It's a self-augmenting cycle...

Partial transcript and link to podcast. A few days ago, we had the opportunity to visit with Professor Stephen F. Cohen. As regular readers know, we've been featuring his weekly podcasts with John Batchelor for the past four years so it was a real honor to speak with him directly regarding The New Cold War. As mentioned at the beginning of this podcast, we are all indebted to John and Steve for their regular, weekly discussions. Their podcasts offer the only fair and balanced coverage of...