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The New Cold What?
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Sitara Nieves, Kent DePinto
Monday, September 8 2008
Europe is still reverberating from the Georgian conflict as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to visit Russia this week. Edward Lucas from the Economist tells us why we should be careful with the language we use to describe the tensions between Russia and the West. It’s not the old Cold War; it’s a New Cold … What?
Edward Lucas, central and eastern European correspondent for The Economist and author of The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West
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The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International,
in collaboration with The BBC World Service, New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
