A New Cold War?

A New Cold War?:

"A New Cold War?
This new Russia is not what was hoped for, but common interests can still be found

By John F. Lehman
14.9.2008 0:00

A few months ago, Senator John McCain said some harsh things about Russia. Not many people agreed with his views. But it turns out that one important man did: Vladimir Putin.

Russia's recent activity in Georgia means that the next American president and our European friends will have one very big issue on the top of the transatlantic agenda. This is not the Russia everyone hoped would be an integral democratic partner of the West. But what does Moscow want? And what should NATO and the European Union do about it?"