By Tom Wilkinson on Newsroom…
The end of the Cold War was supposed to mark a new era. But has anything really changed?
Analysis: Iran today stands out as one of the few remaining Cold War antagonists of the United States. The recent conflict between Israel and Iran, and America’s strikes on nuclear facilities, demonstrate the long shadow of the Cold War in the Middle East.
In the late 20th century, as the Cold War came to a close, politicians started to postulate what a post-Cold War world looked like. Perhaps the strongest perspective came from US President George H W Bush. In a 1990 address to Congress, pre-empting the first Gulf War, Bush outlined his idea of a “new world order”.
The end of the Cold War marked a new era – one that Bush hoped would be “freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice and more secure in the quest for peace. An era in which the nations of the world, east and west, north and south, can prosper and live in harmony.” This new world order has yet to emerge.
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