We are living in a historical interregnum, as Antonio Gramsci famously described it, where the old order of global capitalism and American global hegemony is dying, but the new cannot be born.

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What is the New Cold War? How did it happen? And what is it's future?

Ben Wray and Ranjan Balakumaran discuss international relations expert Gilbert Achcar's new book on the key geopolitical conflict of our times.

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The New Cold War was published by Haymarket Books in 2023, you can buy a copy here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2053-the-new-cold-war

0:00 Introduction

1:12 Overview

4:10 Analysis: Russia and the New Cold War

13:33 Analysis: China and the New Cold War

25:40 Conclusion

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