![]() In fact, the first recorded use of the term ‘cold war’ in its contemporary meaning was made before the first world war by the German socialist leader Eduard Bernstein (1850-1932). Contrary to what many believe, it is not a reference to the specific ideological and systemic confrontation between the two global empires that emerged from the second world war. This difference between old and new means the notion of cold war itself needs clarifying. The second bloc has been replaced, in this new phase, by an alliance of convenience between a Chinese state that is still ruled by a ‘communist’ party, albeit in a country deeply integrated in the world capitalist market, with the private sector contributing 60% of its GDP, and a Russian state whose ruler is regarded as a beacon by the global far-right and where the boundaries between private and state sectors are as porous as in other nepotistic rentier states. The term New Cold War, however, refers to a new phase of global tensions in a world that is no longer characterised by ideological opposition between one bloc of states based on liberalism and free enterprise and another based on ‘communist’ rule and state ownership of the economy. Nowadays, historians refer to the cold war as we know it as a single period that started after the end of the second world war and ended with the collapse of the Soviet bloc, culminating in the unification of Germany in November 1990 and dissolution of the USSR in December 1991. The détente of the 1970s did not put an end to the first cold war it was no more than a temporary respite in a succession of hotter and cooler phases in global tensions since 1945. The term Second Cold War fell out of use because it had never really been warranted in the first place. His first term in office was marked by a heated discourse against the ‘evil empire’ along with a sharp increase in military expenditure. But even without a declaration of war, we can feel somehow that a cold war is present when both sides aren’t going well.Russia’s botched invasion of Ukraine launched on 24 February last year and the ongoing war that has been raging since then in eastern Ukraine have had not just material but also semantic consequences: use of the expression ‘New Cold War’ to describe the present state of international relations has reached a new high.Īlready, in the 1980s, the term ‘Second Cold War’ was used to designate the flare-up in tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union which resulted from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan at the end of 1979, followed a year later by the election of Ronald Reagan as US president. It’s that time when the cold war becomes a world war. Cold war freezes with time and melts when stimulated. That’s when both sides even in silence are fired up with defense. A cold war is much feared than war that is officially declared since in a cold war, you may not know when the opponent will attack. It’s a silent hatred that may burst in time. Although a war may not be officially acknowledged, it is said to be there. Its coldness may seem to be underestimated and interpret it as defeat. It is a war for a lifetime and that may cause even greater damages.Ĭold war in its silence and length of time may be thought as forgotten or ignored. Since cold war is a silent war its taking so much time to be over. Though fighting may not be officially seen, the tension is building much higher as time goes by. Spying and learning weaknesses and strengthen to which they are weak and also slowly plotting attacks. They study each others techniques and styles and plan for an attack when it comes to the right time. It is a silent tension between both sides that is waiting and observing before attacking. No one arranged for peace and no one assaulted either. ![]() None of both sides retreated but none also attacked. It is called the cold war since both sides have not fought or neither made peace. ![]() They make us of their tactics and spying techniques to learn from an enemy. This war is labeled among liberal parties and communist who uses high intelligences in an attack. No fight, no weapons, no conditions, just silence.
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