Second Cold War


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The Second Cold War (also referred to as Cold War II) is the alleged renewal and ongoing state of international political and military tension seen previously in the first in the early 2010s between the three main factions: the  , the - alliance, and.

Historians have disputed as when the Second Cold War started but agree that the increasing strength and growth of China and Russia seen in the early 21st century upstarted the tensions. Both nations through strong political rhetoric openly challenged the United States as the world's sole superpower and formed the as a means to counteract the United States'  alliance. Leftist revolutions throughout Europe severely compromised the United States' stand as an unchallenged force and further emboldened China and Russia to pursue a more aggressive strategy. The Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa regions have been viewed as the primary sources of contentions–areas seen as open ground for influence and power relationships.