[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 1/18/22: Articles on the new Cold War

[Jim O'Brien]

*The following lists were compiled by Carolyn Eisenberg.*

*New Cold War with Russia and China*

United States tensions with both China and Russia have become increasingly
prominent, dangerous, and central to US foreign policy. It is no surprise
that conflict with these two countries is once again providing a rationale
for extravagant military spending. Earlier this month, both houses of
Congress passed a National Defense Authorization Bill for $770 billion.

Some past and recent useful articles offering a critical perspective:


*US Conflict with Russia:*

*Anatol Lieven,* *"Tragedy of the Victor: America and the End of the Soviet
Union."
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/12/27/tragedy-of-the-victor-america-and-the-end-of-the-soviet-union>*
*Responsible
Statecraft, December 27, 2021*

*Anatol Lieven, **"Did This Week's US-NATO_Russia Meetings Push US Closer
to War?"*
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/01/13/did-this-weeks-us-nato-russia-meetings-push-us-closer-to-war/>
*Responsible
Statecraft, January 13, 2022*

*Katrina Vanden Heuvel, "What a Sensible Ukraine Policy Would Look Like."
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/04/biden-putin-ukraine-russia-nato>*
*Washington
Post, *January 4, 2022

<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/12/27/tragedy-of-the-victor-america-and-the-end-of-the-soviet-union/>

*National Security Archive, "NATO Expansion - The Budapest Blow Up 1994"
<https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2021-11-24/nato-expansion-budapest-blow-1994>
*(documents) National Security Archive, November 24, 2021

<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/04/biden-putin-ukraine-russia-nato/>
<https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2021-11-24/nato-expansion-budapest-blow-1994>

*Stephen Wertheim, “Sorry Liberals but You Really Shouldn’t Love NATO.”
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/opinion/biden-nato-summit.html>
**Washington
Post, *June 14, 2021

*Joseph Baratta, "How We Can Avoid a New Cold War with Russia."
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/12/07/how-we-can-avoid-a-new-cold-war-with-russia>*
*Responsible
Statecraft, December 7, 2021*

<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/opinion/biden-nato-summit.html>



*US Conflict with China*

*Michael Klare, “None Dare Call it Encirclement: Washington Tightens the
Noose Around China.”
<https://tomdispatch.com/none-dare-call-it-encirclement> *January 23, 2021.

<https://tomdispatch.com/none-dare-call-it-encirclement/>

*Peter Beinart, “BidenThinks He Can Have it Both Ways on China. He’s
Wrong.”
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/biden-china-xi-summit.html> **New
York Times,* November 18, 2021,


*Charles Freeman, "The Growing Peril of War with China over Taiwan."
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/12/22/the-growing-peril-of-war-with-china-over-taiwan>
**Responsible Statecraft, *December 22, 2021

*Noam Chomsky, "US-China Cooperation Is Essential to Avert a New Cold War."
<https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-us-china-cooperation-is-essential-to-avert-a-new-cold-war>
**Truthout, *December 22, 2021

*Joe Gerson, "Alternatives to the Pentagon's China Nightmares."
<https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/11/06/alternatives-pentagons-china-nightmares>
**Common Dreams, *November 6, 2021
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.historiansforpeace.org/private.cgi/h-pad-historiansforpeace.org/attachments/20220118/fb99dcb3/attachment.htm>