The New Europe

A New Cold War?

 

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What was the Cold War?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What were it’s causes, dimensions, tactics, characteristics?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The History Site

 

History.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ideologies of the Cold War

Communism v. Capitalism or “market democracy”

 

 

 

 

 

Geography of the Cold War

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“East v. West”

 

 

GEOPOLITICS of the Cold War

Power for power’s sake

Soviet sphere of influence v. American sphere of influence

 

Competing/opposing collective security organizations



War by Proxy

 

 

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Brinksmanship of the Nuclear Arms Race

 

 

Propaganda of the Cold War

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Espionage of the Cold War

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January 26, 2015 story

 

Managing the New Cold War?

 

Competition in Sport in the Cold War

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Competition in Science and Technology in the Cold War

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The Space Race

 

Nuclear and other technologies with military purposes

 

 

 

 

Now apply this framework to the situation today

 

Are we in a “new Cold War”?

 

 

Think through each of the elements above. 

 

Which conditions seem to be similar?

 

Which are different?

 

 

Where there lessons to be learned from the Cold War that we are ignoring today?