Cold War 2 is Possible, But Not Inevitable

Contemporary international relations are incredibly complex and really do require more than simple binary answers to today’s biggest political questions

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme, this is an old maxim often attributed to Mark Twain. This maxim seems to work quite well in all sorts of arguments about international history. If we analyse international political events with such a historical lens we will likely come to conclusions that seem, by default at least, to be somewhat predet…