ADADHow important is remembering all this history at a time when there’s resurgent ‘Cold War’ talk vis-a-vis China? For a lot of reasons, I think a “new Cold War” with China would be very different, if it happened at all. In the Cold War this was done with a specific purpose: to allow for right-wing authoritarian regimes to take power, and hold on to it. It stops us from understanding the nature of the global system created by the Cold War, and blocks us from understanding the way that many other nations see us. When I pitched this book in late 2017, I made the case that the ghosts of violent Cold War fanaticism lurked just below the surfaces in many places, especially in the developing world.

Source: Washington Post May 26, 2020 03:56 UTC