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To: Bill who wrote (1082570)	8/10/2018 10:22:09 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1579344

There are wars, and then there are wars, comrade. Cold War II - Cold War II [1] [2] (also called the New Cold War [3] [4] [5] or Second Cold War) [6] [7] is a term used to describe an ongoing state of political and military tension between opposing geopolitical power-blocs, with one bloc typically reported as being led by Russia and/or China, and the other led by the United States, European Union, and NATO. [8] It is akin to the original Cold Warthat saw a stand-off and proxy wars between the Western Bloc led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union, Russia's predecessor. Opinions have differed on the exact beginning and nature of Cold War II. American political scientist Robert Legvold says it started during the Ukraine crisis in 2013. [9] [10] Andrew Kuchins, an American political scientist and Kremlinologist speaking in 2016, believed the term was "unsuited to the present conflict", though he argued it may be more dangerous. [11] Philip N. Howard, a Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University, believed as of 2012, the conflict was experienced through information warfare, conducted primarily over and through broadcast media, social media, and information infrastructure. [4] In April 2018, Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, told a meeting of the UN Security Council that a cold war was "back with a vengeance" and new mechanisms were required to avoid an escalation of the stand-off between Russia and the United States over their competing interests in the Syrian Civil War. [12]