Vladislav Zubok on What the Cold War Actually Was

Bullish:

• $GLOBAL - Global economic development and capitalism played a crucial role in resolving past geopolitical conflicts, suggesting the ongoing importance of globalization.

  • “The development of capitalism, the development of what global economy solved that conflict.”

    Vladislav·42:18

Bearish:

• $ARMSRACE - Arms races are ineffective in resolving geopolitical conflicts, with economic development being the true solution.

  • “Arms race did not solve political sources of confrontation between The Soviet Union and The United States. The development of capitalism, the development of what global economy solved that conflict.”

    Vladislav·42:18
• $COLDWAR - The current US-China tensions do not constitute a new Cold War, based on deep historical analysis.

  • “I don't believe that it's a cold war between the US and China. Well, unless you want to...take very superficial or rather abstract theoretical take on what the Cold War is.”

    Vladislav·31:18