Following recent events in the world, it appears that the United States and Russia, are, once again, fighting indirectly. Of course, it seems that this is small--it doesn't appear to be Arms Race, to be honest. This time, it seems like a land crawl. The only difference--Russia is taking (Or "regaining" based on your political views) land, and the United States is influencing land. It seems that the United States for even more influence in Western Europe, while Russia is regaining its land, prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. They've already clashed in this decade, already, but eventually, the two forces will have to meet. It might be another "Iron Curtain," or it could be simple, and one of the countries will pull out of the "Crawl." The United States has, once again, been working at its economy. The United States is now more financially safe, and is moving onto other problems. Russia, however, only seems to be isolating its citizens, and building up a military which was already powerful. The United States is not the only guilty of spreading influence, as Russia has seemed to improve its grip on the Middle East, and much of Eastern Europe. However, Russia has seemed to have lost a lot of relation with China, a nation that would side with Russia, anyway. China and Russia have a common enemy--The United States--but their relations have been on a slow decline. Of course, tension between China and Russia is heavy, as well. Russia has become aware of its "Ally" to the south, and is becoming distant from China. It is no doubt that border-friction is part of this slow decline. Israel has also taken a major part inside this "Second Cold War." It--and somewhat Saudi Arabia--is the United States' only access to the Middle East, for Iraq has become unstable. Is it possible that four nations are taking part in one Cold War? I assume, yes. Tension building up since the collapse of the Soviet Union are almost at the spilling point--A.K.A, World War Three. When we speak of another Cold War, we have to include a lot of nations. I have narrowed down a list of the top players, and have noticed a trend.
(My opinion, feel free to create your own.)
"Frontal Tributes"
United States, Russia, China, Iran.
"Secondary Tributes"
Israel, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, North Korea.
"Third Party Tributes"
France, The UK, Italy, India, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Japan.
"Important Figures"
Oman, Yemen, Iraq, Vietnam, Algeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc.
Anyway, to get to the point--What do you think, NS? Are we entering another Cold War?
Please keep the discussion on topic, and make no insult to ethnicity, ideology, etc.
