Cold War Parallels

Commenters frequently draw analogies between current geopolitical tensions, likely involving the US and Russia, and the historical Cold War, suggesting a new Cold War 2.0 or that old tensions persist.

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Sample Comments

StavrosK May 18, 2017 View on HN

The Cold War would like a word.

bawolff Dec 7, 2020 View on HN

I guess we are in cold war 2.0!

bobmcnamara Apr 10, 2025 View on HN

Blame the cold war for that one.

mowfask Dec 16, 2013 View on HN

Looks like I totally missed the parallel to the Cold War, could you elaborate?

enupten Aug 25, 2014 View on HN

Brace yourself for another Cold war.

rmrfrmrf Aug 9, 2014 View on HN

I thought the Cold War was over!

abiox Oct 5, 2017 View on HN

technically that happened ~10 years before the cold war ended. at that time, both sides were understood to be engaged in various less-than-friendly activities.post-cold war happenings are things worth focusing on, imo.

ryanmarsh May 4, 2020 View on HN

The Cold War was anything but “shoot first, ask questions later”... hence the “cold”.

keiferski Aug 7, 2020 View on HN

A Cold War scenario is far more likely. Remember that the tension with the Soviets was far, far, higher, and that never turned into a full-on war.

pjc50 Jan 21, 2016 View on HN

We thought the Cold War was supposed to be over.