The new cold war and its consequences | By Akbar Jan Marwat

The new cold war and its consequences THE original cold war was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the (former) Soviet Union and their respective allies that started after WWII. This ideological and political standoff between the then super powers finally ended with the dismemberment of bent upon the Soviet Union in 1991. This rivalry was given the name of "Cold War" by George Orwell, the English novelist and writer of political fiction, in an article he wrote in 1945. The new cold war between China and the United States seems to have started in earnest. This…