Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev’s recent suggestion that Russia and the West are embroiled in cold war provoked hasty denials by Western policymakers and commentators.In fact, Medvedev was right: cold war between Russia and the West does exist. But the West’s denials were unnecessary, because cold war is the best possible option for its relations with Russia.Obviously, cold war is not the Cold War. The latter was waged between two superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union. A second Cold War is impossible because Russia is an underdeveloped country with the bomb and is no match for the United States. …read more
Source: Atlantic Council