The Culture of the Second Cold War

Richard Sakwa

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Anthem Press
04 February 2025

International relations

The work examines the metapolitics of the Second Cold War. The focus is less on the detailed analysis of diplomatic history and processes in international politics, and more on the underlying attitudes and ideologies that have generated and sustained Cold War 2.

The work examines the definition of a Cold War and reasons for the persistence of this form of international politics, as well as the clash over interpretations of the causes of renewed conflict. The work then looks at how this Cold War is being conducted, including renewed militarism, the suppression of dissent, the decline of diplomacy and the reduced opportunities for dialogue. The instruments of the Cold War 2 include sanctions and the reinterpretation of history and memory wars.

Many of the familiar methods drawn from Cold War 1 are now applied, but in novel ways to reflect technological change as well as the different ideological contexts. The position of the global South in this Cold War is examined, and the work ends with some reflections on possible ways this Cold War could end.

By: Richard Sakwa
Imprint: Anthem Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781839992971
ISBN 10: 1839992972
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 04 February 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Preface; 1.From Cold War to Cold War: What is a cold war?; The persistence of cold war; An epistemic clash; 2.Fighting Cold War II: Remilitarisation and militarism; Hegemony and hermeticism; Anti-diplomacy and death of dialogue; Double standards; 3.Cold War II Instruments: Sanctions and the weaponisation of economic instruments; Multilateralism at stake; The geopolitics of responsibility and collective guilt; Political stasis and populism; 4.Why this Cold War is Different: Wars of reality; Information management and communicative wars; Neo-McCarthyite repression; Dogmatic polarisation; 5.Global Shifts and Paradigm Changes: Neo-revisionism and the rise of the political east; Institutions of the political east; The global Cold War II; 6.Conclusion

Richard Sakwa is Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Kent.