Are Russia and the West Facing a New Cold War?
news week: There’s an irony in the fact that when Belgium laid out the month’s “Programme of Work” at the U.N. Security Council, this last week was absent an agenda. Since Russia’s invasion of Georgia, the diplomatic community has been rather preoccupied. The United Sta    more...
Tag:  General

Leading historian issues warning of a new cold war
THE SCOTTISH historian Niall Ferguson has warned that the strategic alliance between China and Russia is more of a threat to the West than the credit crunch. Ferguson, a best-selling author, broadcaster and professor of history at Harvard University, said that the development of the new Russia-China    more...
Tag:  New Cold War