1.0Kreisky Forumhttps://www.kreisky-forum.org/enPhilipphttps://www.kreisky-forum.org/en/author/philipprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lxkYXm9Jou"><a href="https://www.kreisky-forum.org/en/news/the-cold-war-isnt-back">The cold war isn't back</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.kreisky-forum.org/en/news/the-cold-war-isnt-back/embed#?secret=lxkYXm9Jou" width="600" height="338" title="“The Cold War isn’t back” — Kreisky Forum" data-secret="lxkYXm9Jou" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.kreisky-forum.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://www.kreisky-forum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ivan-5.jpg185123The Cold War Isn’t Back. So Don’t Think Like It Is. Fears of Russia are already distorting our understanding of politics. Let’s not let them ruin 2017. By Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies, permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and contributing opinion writer. The New York Times […]