Putin’s Russia is an adversary of the United States; the Kremlin needs to have an external enemy to distract the Russian people from the problems plaguing their country, argues Alina Polyakova.
Cold War analogies for describing U.S.-China relations are appealing for their simplicity and clarity. But they are misleading and counterproductive for dealing with the real challenges that China’s actions pose to good governance around the world.
In our globalized economy, the term is not only outdated, it’s harmful.
As the White House spars with a rising China, it can look to the United States’ postwar dealings with the Soviet Union for guidance.
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