Round table: The “New Cold War” as a concept and as a reality

Abstract

On March 27, 2019 at the conference “Turning Points in the End of the Cold War: A Look from the West and the East”, organized by the Russian State University for the Humanities (Department of International Relations and Regional Studies) jointly with the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in collaboration with the US Embassy in the Russian Federation and the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center, the roundtable “New Cold War as a Concept and Reality” was held. It was led by F.A. Lukyanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Editor-in Chief of the Journal “Russia in Global Affairs”. Short presentations were made by: A.A. Gromyko, Dr. of Sci. (History), Professor, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Director of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, A.B. Bezborodov, Dr. of Sci. (History), Professor, Rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities, V.N. Garbuzov, Dr. of Sci. (History), Professor, Director of the Institute for the USA and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, M.A. Konarovsky, Senior Research Fellow, Moscow Institute of International Relations (MGIMO(U)), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentionary to Afganistan (2002–2004), M. Kramer, Professor, Program Director of the Project on Cold War, Harvard University, P.R. Palazhchenko, Head of International and Media Relations, Gorbachev Foundation. After the reports of the leading speakers, a discussion took place, in which participated J. Matlock, Ambassador of the US to the USSR (1987−1991).

We publish an abridged transcript of the round table.