Another Cold War?

                                                 Presidents Reagan and Gorbachov

The official dates of the cold war are from 1947-1991, a period of 44 years. If we follow the metaphor, we could see a period of cooling, freezing and then melting over those four decades. Crisis after crisis unfolded. And solutions were found or emerged. Once again we have the makings a potential cold war, with tensions between China and her neighbors and China and the US brewing. All the makings are there, and yet there seems to be a problem. The map of the middle east is being re-drawn and revolution and war rages. In the “old days” perhaps nations could ignore the political realities unfolding in other parts of the world. But not in the wired 21st century. The English poet John Donne wrote “No man is an island.” And in our times no country is an island politically. Events on the other side of the globe affect us all. So while conditions might seem ripe for another few decades of another cold war, political realities half a world away might force all parties to stop, take a look around and see what common interests they have with those they might confront locally. A new cold war? Has the energy already gone out of it? Log in and give us your thoughts.