Ukraine invasion: Is this a new Cold War, asks John Simpson
Vladimir Putin might turn Russia back to the days of the USSR, our world affairs editor writes. …
Altogether, then, the world is a far more worrying place than it was a few years ago. By comparison, the old Cold War years were far simpler, and for the most part the rules were a lot more clear – if one side intruded into the other’s space, there was the ever-present threat of all-out mutually assured destruction. So it never happened, even though war came uncomfortably close more than once.
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