Is Cold War 2 a Reality?
Keywords:
Cold War, Cold War 11 realityAbstract
Throughout history, changes in the international system have followed each other, literally acted as a step for each other. Each term has carried the features of an earlier era. This paper examines the possibility of a second Cold War. In this context, this study first briefly discusses the policies pursued during the Cold War period, its history, causes, consequences, and how the Cold War came to an end. But the major focus is on the post-Cold War era which has undergone many changes in much shorter periods of time. These rapid changes or variability within the system in such a short period of time has caused and still causes changes in the policies pursued by actors in the system. These changes increase the uncertainty of the system, and therefore it becomes difficult to name the current system. In addition, power in the current system has taken many different meanings and this has caused the difficulty for actors within the system to determine their locations. However, this study evaluates the other fundamental powers under the post-Cold War to determine if a second Cold War is a reality in the light of contemporary changing strategy. Understanding how these events affected one another, the paper adopted the balance of power theory loans it's theoretical framework for analysis. As used in this paper, the theory assumes that power is the central concept in the study of inter-state relations because it greatly determines international behaviour by dictating the level, direction, goals and achievement of states foreign policy. Data for the paper were generated through secondary sources. Analysis of data reveals that the Cold War era has ended and the second Cold War is not a reality. Among other things, the paper recommended that the “new Cold War” mindset should be eroded as it implies that U.S.-Russian rivalry is over determined and makes us less likely to look for ways to resolve our differences over time.
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