title: Is there a new cold war
abstract: Over the last few months there has been speculationthat the world has now entered a new period ofCold War. Serious mainstream journals suchas the US-based journal The Nation have referred tothe escalating nuclear arms race, the expansion ofNATO territory to Russia’s borders, Putin’s successfulannexation of Crimea, internet hacking accusations,and the expulsion of Russian diplomats following thepoisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughteras reasons for concern at the territorial ambitionso
journal: Irish Marxist Review