Cold War 1.0 and Cold War 2.0: Comparative Analysis

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Název: Cold War 1.0 and Cold War 2.0: Comparative Analysis
Autoři: V. I. Batyuk
Zdroj: Governance and Politics. 4:43-50
Informace o vydavateli: MGIMO University, 2025.
Rok vydání: 2025
Popis: Many international experts believe that the world has entered a new Cold War. There are, however, significant differences between Cold War 1.0 and Cold War 2.0. Firstly, while the first Cold War (1945-1991) was fought in a bipolar world, the world is now polycentric – and this is an objective reality. Secondly, the nature of the ideological struggle has changed. During Cold War 1.0, it was a struggle between liberal globalism and Marxism-Leninism. Now we can talk about a confrontation between liberal globalism and the bourgeois nationalisms of the leading non-Western centers of power (Russia, China, etc.). Thirdly, during the first Cold War, it was the Soviet-American dialogue on strategic nuclear arms control that became the driving force behind the easing of international tensions (1970s-1980s). Today, the changing strategic nuclear balance does not give ground to believe that the dialogue on strategic weapons between Moscow and Washington will become the locomotive of a new détente. A new détente of the 21st century (like the first détente of the 20th century) will become possible only under conditions of weakening of the ideological struggle in the international arena.
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ISSN: 2782-7070
2782-7062
DOI: 10.24833/2782-7062-2025-4-2-43-50
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Abstrakt:Many international experts believe that the world has entered a new Cold War. There are, however, significant differences between Cold War 1.0 and Cold War 2.0. Firstly, while the first Cold War (1945-1991) was fought in a bipolar world, the world is now polycentric – and this is an objective reality. Secondly, the nature of the ideological struggle has changed. During Cold War 1.0, it was a struggle between liberal globalism and Marxism-Leninism. Now we can talk about a confrontation between liberal globalism and the bourgeois nationalisms of the leading non-Western centers of power (Russia, China, etc.). Thirdly, during the first Cold War, it was the Soviet-American dialogue on strategic nuclear arms control that became the driving force behind the easing of international tensions (1970s-1980s). Today, the changing strategic nuclear balance does not give ground to believe that the dialogue on strategic weapons between Moscow and Washington will become the locomotive of a new détente. A new détente of the 21st century (like the first détente of the 20th century) will become possible only under conditions of weakening of the ideological struggle in the international arena.
ISSN:27827070
27827062
DOI:10.24833/2782-7062-2025-4-2-43-50