title: The Two Cold Wars and the Return to Geopolitical Blocs
abstract: The world order appears to be reverting to geopolitical blocs with associated spheres of influence.Although the Cold War officially ended three decades ago, a cold peace has arisen, manifested in the return of old adversarial dynamics amid Russia's resurgence and the sharpening strategic competition between China and the United States.As a result, three tentative blocs are emerging, albeit ones that are less ideologically driven than those of the Cold War: a renewed yet diminished Western bloc, 
journal: Institute of International Politics ; Economics eBooks