Are we headed towards another Cold War? The BBC discusses the state of relations between international idealistic rivals in a recent article titled “Moving ever closer to a new Cold War.”

Jonathan Beale of BBC writes, “The US Defence Secretary, Ash Carter, arrived in Europe saying he was not looking to start a new Cold War. But, in reality, both Nato and Russia are stepping up their rhetoric and strengthening their military posture. Last week President Vladimir Putin announced he was adding another 40 long-range ballistic missiles to his nuclear arsenal. In return, Nato accused Moscow of ‘sabre rattling’. The 28-member alliance is doing a bit of that too. On a barren plain in northern Poland, Nato has been testing its new rapid-reaction, or spearhead, force for the very first time. Its proper title is the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VHRJTF) - it is meant to be more nimble than its name. It is a direct response to the crises in Ukraine, with the aim to have boots on the ground within 48 hours. In the past, it would have taken the best part of a month to mobilise Nato forces to defend its own borders.”

BT.com recently took a look back at a pivotal moment in the Cold War in an article titled “May 14, 1955: Cold War deepens as communist states sign Warsaw Pact.” Andy Jackson of BT.com writes, “Cold War tensions hit an icy low after the Soviet Union and seven of her Eastern Bloc allies signed a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact on this day in 1955. The agreement, finalised during a three-day conference in the Polish capital, was introduced to the world as the 'Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance', but its commitment to camaraderie was strictly limited if not completely spurious. At its core was an agreement for member states - the USSR, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria - to come to the defence of any member attacked by an outside force. Effectively, this would be achieved by unifying all their forces under one command - or, to give him a name, Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Koniev of the Soviet Armed Forces. Whilst the West branded this alignment of military mighty as an act of bare-faced aggression, Moscow claimed it was merely a measured response to Nato's acceptance of West Germany as a member state - a move agreed less than a week previously.”

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