A new Cold War?
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
After the missile strikes by the US, France and Britain on Syria, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, condemned the attacks and warned that any more would bring chaos to world affairs.
With relations between Russia and the West at their lowest ebb for decades, are we about to see the start of a new Cold War? And if so, what should the 'rules of engagement' be?
David Aaronovitch is joined by:
Gabriel Gatehouse - BBC Correspondent
Alexander Baunov - senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center
Neil Buckley - Financial Times Eastern Europe editor and former Moscow bureau chief
Sir Lawrence Freedman - Emeritus Professor of War Studies at Kings College
Professor Angela Stent - Georgetown University and a former US State Department official.
Transcript
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| 0:29.8 | And if this briefing room helps you to understand the world, you might like other editions of the podcast. |
| 0:34.9 | This week, I'm getting briefed on whether the present standoff between Russia |
| 0:38.9 | and the West marks the start of a new Cold War. So, take your seat in the briefing room. |
| 0:47.3 | Antonio Gutierrez is the 9th Secretary General of the United Nations. And here's what he said |
| 0:52.6 | earlier this month about relations between the West and Russia. |
| 0:56.6 | I think we are coming to a situation |
| 0:58.4 | that is similar to a large extent |
| 1:01.4 | to what we lived during the Cold War. |
| 1:04.3 | From Ukraine to Syria, |
| 1:05.9 | from Salisbury to cyberspace, |
| 1:07.9 | there's a battle going on. |
| 1:09.4 | But a new Cold War, is that really true? |
| 1:12.5 | If so, what are the new rules of engagement? And who's most likely to win, if anyone? |
| 1:18.0 | Step inside the briefing room and all will become clear. |
| 1:24.1 | In the early 1990s, the Soviet Union collapsed and with it the old Cold War ended. |
| 1:30.6 | Some even thought a new democratic Russia would be an ally for the West. |
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