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A New Cold War?

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20675-8

ISBN: 978-3-030-20674-1

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 29, 2019

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Introduction

Smith, Nicholas Ross

Pages: 1 –7

[The introduction starts with an observation that characterizing the current cooling of the US-Russia relationship as a ‘New Cold War’ has become extremely popular in both mainstream media and academia in recent years. However, it is noted that few theoretically-informed comparisons exist between...
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A Four-Dimensional Neoclassical Realist Framework

Smith, Nicholas Ross

Pages: 9 –23

[This chapter develops a specific Type III neoclassical realist theoretical framework for the analysis of the two compared international political periods: the first 15 years of the Cold War (1947–62) and the most recent 15 years of the US-Russia relationship (2003–18). After offering a...
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The Structural Dimension of US-Russia Relations

Smith, Nicholas Ross

Pages: 25 –38

[This chapter begins with an examination of the structural factors which underpinned the development of the Cold War in the first 15 years. It is argued that the emerging bipolar structure (and accompanying bipolarization) was an important precursor to the development of the Cold War because it...
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The Ideological Dimension of US-Russia Relations

Smith, Nicholas Ross

Pages: 39 –51

[This chapter begins with an examination of the competing ideologies that developed in the US and the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War. The US’s ideology of Democratic Capitalism and the Soviet Union’s Marxist-Leninist ideology were not only both heavily international in aims and...
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The Psychological Dimension of US-Russia Relations

Smith, Nicholas Ross

Pages: 53 –65

[This chapter begins with an examination of the psychological environment which emerged in the early Cold War period. It is argued that the prevailing structural and ideological dimensions combined with the uncertainty of which side was stronger, interlinked with the arms races and disputes over...
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The Technological Dimension of US-Russia Relations

Smith, Nicholas Ross

Pages: 67 –79

[This chapter begins with an examination of how changing technology—namely the development of nuclear weapons—impacted the early Cold War period. It is argued that the nuclear weapons arms race that enveloped the first 15 years of the Cold War had a massive impact on the conduct of international...
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Conclusion

Smith, Nicholas Ross

Pages: 81 –84

[The conclusion compiles the four examined dimensions together into an argument that characterizing the current US-Russia relationship, despite clear cooling, as a New Cold War is of little analytical value because such significant differences exist. Further to this, it is argued that the...

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