Mikhail Gorbachev warns world on 'brink of a new Cold War'

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Mikhail Gorbachev warns world on 'brink of a new Cold War' - World - CBC News

The Associated Press Posted: Nov 08, 2014 10:40 AM ET

Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday.

The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to "triumphalism" after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the communist bloc a quarter century ago. The result, he said, could partly be seen in the inability of global powers to prevent or resolve conflicts in Yugoslavia, the Middle East and most recently Ukraine.

"The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying that it's already begun," Gorbachev said at an event marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, close to the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate.....
 

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Mikhail Gorbachev warns of 'new Cold War'


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So yes it is clear now. It is Cold war -2 or say on 'brink of a new Cold War'.


To be honest, I can't figure it out yet......is it cold war-2 or world war-3.
 

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Russia and the U.S. in a new Cold War?
Claudia C | Mar 26, 2014

...But is the United States heading towards a new Cold War with Russia? The answer is no. Only the most superficial analysis of the crisis in Ukraine could lead to that conclusion.

The Cold War was defined by three unique traits. First, the U.S. and the USSR were genuine peer competitors. That is, they were of roughly equal power, a characteristic that encouraged a destabilizing arms race. Second, they were the only two great powers in the international system, allowing the rivalry to dominate global politics through frequent proxy wars and far-flung alliances. Third, differing political, social and economic ideologies played a significant role in the conflict.

Current conditions do not mirror those of the Cold War. First, the United States and Russia clearly have divergent interests in Ukraine and elsewhere, but they no longer possess roughly similar capabilities. From 1945 to 1991, the Soviet Union was the only peer competitor facing the United States. Today, Senator John McCain is not far from the truth when he says, "Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.".

Second, although the United States may still be the world's leading power, the international order appears increasingly multipolar. The stark bipolarity of the Cold War gave way to a "unipolar moment" that is gradually swinging back towards a more diffuse international system. Third, even if Russia desired a new cold war, it is likely that Russia's economic ties to Europe and the lack of an ideological conflict as divisive as that between western liberalism and communism would dampen the conflict.

While the United States is clearly not in the midst of a new Cold War, it should be equally clear that some U.S.-Russian cooperation can continue amid the current tensions, particularly in the area of nuclear security. The U.S.-Russia relationship has had its ups and downs since the end of the Cold War, but the states have typically been able to cooperate in areas of mutual interest despite otherwise cool relations – as they often did during the Cold War...
 

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A new cold war? Why Crimea should matter to Americans

Susan Page, USA TODAY 7:39 a.m. EDT March 14, 2014

Steven Pifer, 60, has served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and as a senior official in the State Department and the White House National Security Council, specializing in Russia and Ukraine. He is now director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative at the Brookings Institution. He was interviewed Thursday at Brookings for USA TODAY's Capital Download.

Q: Is a new Cold War coming?

A: We certainly are headed toward perhaps the rockiest period in U.S.-Russia relations since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. ... Unless the Russians change course, we're going to be in a very difficult time, unfortunately.
 

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Cold war? Mr. Gorbachev must be dreaming. The West has a combined economy of $35Trillion while Russia is only $2Trillion. If the post sanctions events in the Russian economy is the gauge well it didn't take that long for the west to shake down Russia. And things will no doubt get more dire as the sanctions continue. Russia is shooting its own foot here.
 

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Cold war? Mr. Gorbachev must be dreaming. The West has a combined economy of $35Trillion while Russia is only $2Trillion. If the post sanctions events in the Russian economy is the gauge well it didn't take that long for the west to shake down Russia. And things will no doubt get more dire as the sanctions continue. Russia is shooting its own foot here.
We'll have the wait and see what happens.

The currency is not as important as what can be bought with that currency. Russia has already switched part of its trade with PRC and Iran in non-Dollar currencies. Once BRICS Bank becomes more robust, the Dollar will be further weakened, as more and more people will switch to SDR. With too much Dollars in the market, its value will drop, and in some likelihood, the US Treasury will default on its debts, and they know that. That is probably why they had the FED tapering. The US cannot prop up the Dollar by invading resource rich countries for long. There are not many resource rich countries left to invade. Well, I might be excluding the Tyrannical Regime of the al-Saud Family.
 

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War ,hot or cold...is unwinnable in todays world. You have been taught western language in which power is equated only with money. But, there are multiple facets of power and money is one of them. If it was only money, how much money AlQuida has in comparison to NATO. Not even 0.1 % then, the war should have lasted less than One hour . But ,the war has lasted 13+years and still continuing. This is just an example to clarify the concept. I am absolutely against Al Quida. Other facets of power are (1) moral power (2) world support (3) will and determination (4) desire to take any amount of risk
and (5) weapons of course. Just having more money is not enough.
 

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@prohumanity,

How come ISIS all of a sudden captured so much territory?

Whatever they did could not have been possible without a few years of planning, stockpiling of heavy weapons, manpower training and funding. ISIS is also selling oil for money. They cannot sell oil if no one is buying.
 
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Cold war? Mr. Gorbachev must be dreaming. The West has a combined economy of $35Trillion while Russia is only $2Trillion. If the post sanctions events in the Russian economy is the gauge well it didn't take that long for the west to shake down Russia. And things will no doubt get more dire as the sanctions continue. Russia is shooting its own foot here.
Sir, you are talking about economics. But cold war has nothing to do with it.

Let us see what Cold War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says.....

QUOTE: The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II [here read it as Crimean crisis] between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc.

And I agree with you that "Russia is shooting its own foot here".
 

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The biggest factor in ISIS is there ability to be extremely brutal...beheadings, display of people's heads on lamp posts, crucified dead bodies of christians...the brutality which has no limits....so they could create extreme amount of fear in the public. By the way, who funded them, who gave them weapons and training..many people believe... .it was west and/or Saudis ,who wanted to use them to topple Prez. Assad BUT all that backfired and they turned against West.. And now, its all blood everywhere in Iraq and Syria. Mission NOT accomplished. Unfortunately, a very cruel and primitive force has been created and it seems it's not going anywhere in near future. The world has been taken back to 18th century by whoever created ISIS. It's just sad.
 
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Europe may become irrelevant due to short-sighted policies – Gorbachëv


Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev attends a symposium on security in Europe 25 years after the fall of the "Wall" in Berlin on November 8, 2014 (AFP Photo / Odd Andersen)

Read full article: http://rt.com/news/203475-gorbachev-speech-berlin-wall/











Well, I hope Europe looks at Gorbachëv and learns what not to do.
 

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Sir, you are talking about economics. But cold war has nothing to do with it.
In a kind of long drawn out cold conflict like the Cold War the ability of a combatant's economy to sustain the expenses of maintaining alliances, updating its military and keeping its people happy is very important.
 

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Europe may become irrelevant due to short-sighted policies – Gorbachëv


Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev attends a symposium on security in Europe 25 years after the fall of the "Wall" in Berlin on November 8, 2014 (AFP Photo / Odd Andersen)

Read full article: http://rt.com/news/203475-gorbachev-speech-berlin-wall/











Well, I hope Europe looks at Gorbachëv and learns what not to do.

Gorbachev is very nice for Louis Vitton ads. He is the last person however to listen to on strategic matters. I think what he is doing is riding on the situation to recover some of his credibility with the Russian people who are increasingly inward looking and ultra-nationalistic.
 

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It is Gorbachev who fathered the environment that has proved healthy manure for the new Cold War.

He is an irrelevant doddering ditherer, who wants to remain irrelevantly relevant.
 

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In a kind of long drawn out cold conflict like the Cold War the ability of a combatant's economy to sustain the expenses of maintaining alliances, updating its military and keeping its people happy is very important.
In general the cold war-1 started little after ww-2, say 1946, 47.

That was the time when Soviet got hit by one of the major famine. At that time they appealed in UN for relief / assistance.

Rest is history.
 

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It is Gorbachev who fathered the environment that has proved healthy manure for the new Cold War.

He is an irrelevant doddering ditherer, who wants to remain irrelevantly relevant.
Ehh .. like Mushy ??
 

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@prohumanity,

How come ISIS all of a sudden capture so much territory?

Whatever they did could not have been possible without a few years of planning, stockpiling of heavy weapons, manpower training and funding. ISIS is also selling oil for money. They cannot sell oil if no one is buying.
Most of the ISIS weapons are said to have been acquired from fleeing Iraqi army and its bases, implying that they were not so heavy armed before.
That raises another question, how did the Iraqi army become so incapable in front of a relatively light armed enemy .. that they had to literally flee, leaving their military hardware for the advancing enemy to pick?
And if they were really so incapable, why did the so called world leaders leave Iraq hanging on some military hardware, to command which there weren't event enough capable hands?

Regards,
Virendra
 
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