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The growing tension in Eastern
Ukraine and Russia has brought up many questions; one of them being if this is
the beginning to the next Cold War.
There has always been basic
ideological divides between the Eastern and Western worlds, but Russia and the
United States are at the peak of the divide. Since the before the Sochi
Olympics and the human rights issues began to re-surface, the United States
have been down Russia’s throats. Despite having the superpower of the world
watching and criticising its every move, Russia hasn’t budged in the least. In
fact, Russia continues to aggravate the states, unintentionally or not.
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Up until this point, the relations
between the two superpowers have been peaceful, but tense to say the least. Economic
and political measures have been taken by both sides, but for the time being at
least, military conflict hasn’t occurred.
Despite the lack of military action
to this point, clear links can be made between the present conflict and the
post World War Two Cold War. The remnants of the Cold War are apparent, and the
two States are still in ideological competition, and are still very much part
of a geopolitical rivalry. Both states seek dominance, which cannot be achieved
simultaneously.
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The similarity can be seen between
what I will refer to as the current Cold War and the first Cold War; during the
first Cold War, the US and Russia engaged in proxy warfare, using other states
as battlegrounds for their war. Post World War Two, these states were Cuba for
Russia and Turkey for the US. Now, the United States have used Ukraine as their
platform to become involved in the East, and they have involved numerous other
countries such as Canada and most of Europe to follow alongside them. Russia
has gotten some support from other countries in the East such as China, but has
yet to find themselves a loyal ally.
Both sides have abandoned the
possibility for a cooperative relationship, at this point the best we can hope
for is a mutual agreement to disagree.
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