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EAST-WEST RELATIONS: A NEW COLD WAR?

Authors :
Turan, İlter
Source :
Transatlantic Policy Quarterly; Winter2022, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p65-86, 22p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The Cold War bipolar order was characterized by two camps isolated from each other, competing along four dimensions: global governance, security, economics, and ideology. The end of the Cold War, with the Soviet Bloc collapsing, did not produce a U.S.-dominated unipolar but a multi-centered world. The Americans, losing power and influence and the Russians to restore their superpower status have been trying to reconstruct bipolarity. If reconstructed China, not Russia, would likely constitute the other pole, an outcome Russia does not want. Economic relations and Chinese disinterest currently prevent a bipolar world like the one we have left behind. We may be moving toward a multi-centered world with many unpredictable aspects, including armed conflicts such an order may entail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1712073X
Volume :
21
Issue :
4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Transatlantic Policy Quarterly
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
163829758