Controversy
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Will There Be a New Cold War?

Xi Jinping
Henry Kissinger
Jens Stoltenberg
The Economist
Charles Kupchan
Gary Olson
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Anthony Faiola
Zhaoqing Li
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Zhaoqing Li
Zhaoqing Li"There is little prospect of a new Cold War."Dec 04, 2024
Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg"We're not entering a new Cold War and China is not our adversary, not our enemy."Jun 14, 2021
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz"The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia."Jun 19, 2022
Xi Jinping
Xi JinpingChina "will not fight a cold war or a hot war with anyone."Nov 16, 2023
Henry Kissinger
Henry KissingerThere's a risk that "a kind of cold war will develop between China and the United States."May 14, 2021
John Mearsheimer
John Mearsheimer"I do think a cold war [between the US and China], by which I mean an intense security competition, is already taking place."Jan 15, 2023
Elliott Abrams
Elliott AbramsA "new Cold War has begun, brought upon the West by the aggressive partnership of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin."Mar 04, 2022
Fareed Zakaria
Fareed ZakariaHow the US handles China will determine "whether the open international system collapses into a second Cold War with arms races in nuclear weapons, space, and artificial intelligence."Dec 15, 2023
Marton Zsurafszky
Marton Zsurafszky"The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region is likely to be a battleground in the next Cold War—between the United States and China."Sep 16, 2021
John Koetsier
John Koetsier"If TikTok does actually get banned in the U.S., that would be a new escalation in the emerging cold war between America and China."Jan 27, 2022
Anthony Faiola
Anthony Faiola"The U.S.-China relationship is frosting over into a nascent cold war."Nov 02, 2021
Charles Kupchan
Charles Kupchan"There is no going back to the decoupled, two-bloc global order of the Cold War."May 16, 2021
Gary Olson
Gary Olson"[E]very effort will be made to ignite Cold War, Phase 2."Mar 11, 2022
The Economist
The Economist"The Sino-American competition is in danger of becoming a shallow, petulant parody of a cold war."Mar 02, 2023
Dr. Fred Hoffman
Dr. Fred Hoffman"For the West, the Cold War ended in 1991. For Vladimir Putin, however, the Cold War never ended, it simply transitioned to a new phase."Dec 28, 2024
Fredrik Logevall
Fredrik Logevall"Perhaps it’s not that helpful to think of this [global showdown over Ukraine] as a Cold War 2."Mar 08, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden"I absolutely believe there need not be a new Cold War."Nov 14, 2022
Global Research
Global ResearchAmerica's "inability to separate internal and foreign policies results in a new era of global confrontation, effectively cementing a new Cold War, whether against China or Russia."Jun 28, 2022
Thomas Christensen
Thomas ChristensenUnless China radically changes its approach, "a U.S.-Chinese cold war will not occur."Jun 26, 2023
Jude Blanchette
Jude Blanchette"I do see echoes of the Cold War."Nov 20, 2021

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