Serhii Plokhy

I see a lot of parallels of going back to the time of the Cold War. And the bipolar world that emerges, it's not anymore the world focused on Washington and Moscow. It's more like a world focused on Washington and Beijing. And then there are countries in between. There are countries in between that join one bloc or another bloc that is emerging that is not fully formed.

I see a lot of parallels of going back to the time of the Cold War. And the bipolar world that emerges, it's not anymore the world focused on Washington and Moscow. It's more like a world focused on Washington and Beijing. And then there are countries in between. There are countries in between that join one bloc or another bloc that is emerging that is not fully formed.

I see a lot of parallels of going back to the time of the Cold War. And the bipolar world that emerges, it's not anymore the world focused on Washington and Moscow. It's more like a world focused on Washington and Beijing. And then there are countries in between. There are countries in between that join one bloc or another bloc that is emerging that is not fully formed.

This is, in my opinion, makes the task of us historians to really go back to the Cold War and look through a new perspective on the history of that conflict because there is a lot of things that we can learn.

This is, in my opinion, makes the task of us historians to really go back to the Cold War and look through a new perspective on the history of that conflict because there is a lot of things that we can learn.

This is, in my opinion, makes the task of us historians to really go back to the Cold War and look through a new perspective on the history of that conflict because there is a lot of things that we can learn.

The hopeful trajectory is... really trying to be as wise and as lucky as our predecessors during the Cold War were. Because the dominant discourse so far about the Cold War was, what a horrible thing that Cold War was. What did we do wrong? How did we end up in the Cold War? And I think especially today, this is a wrong question to ask. The right question to ask is, how did it happen?

The hopeful trajectory is... really trying to be as wise and as lucky as our predecessors during the Cold War were. Because the dominant discourse so far about the Cold War was, what a horrible thing that Cold War was. What did we do wrong? How did we end up in the Cold War? And I think especially today, this is a wrong question to ask. The right question to ask is, how did it happen?

The hopeful trajectory is... really trying to be as wise and as lucky as our predecessors during the Cold War were. Because the dominant discourse so far about the Cold War was, what a horrible thing that Cold War was. What did we do wrong? How did we end up in the Cold War? And I think especially today, this is a wrong question to ask. The right question to ask is, how did it happen?

What did we do so right that for now more than 70 years we don't have a World War? How come that after World War I, World War II came within 20 years? What helped us to keep the world on the brink but still away from the global war for such a long period of time? how to keep the Cold War cold. That's the biggest lesson that the history of the Cold War can give us.

What did we do so right that for now more than 70 years we don't have a World War? How come that after World War I, World War II came within 20 years? What helped us to keep the world on the brink but still away from the global war for such a long period of time? how to keep the Cold War cold. That's the biggest lesson that the history of the Cold War can give us.

What did we do so right that for now more than 70 years we don't have a World War? How come that after World War I, World War II came within 20 years? What helped us to keep the world on the brink but still away from the global war for such a long period of time? how to keep the Cold War cold. That's the biggest lesson that the history of the Cold War can give us.

And I don't think we ask the question quite often enough, ask the question that way. And if you don't ask right questions, we don't get right answers.

And I don't think we ask the question quite often enough, ask the question that way. And if you don't ask right questions, we don't get right answers.

And I don't think we ask the question quite often enough, ask the question that way. And if you don't ask right questions, we don't get right answers.

Luck is clearly, clearly one of the factors in life. Cuban Missile Crisis, because what happened there, and there is one of the lessons, is that eventually the commanders at the top, they believe that they have all the cards. They negotiate with each other. They try to see who blinks first in the game of nuclear brinkmanship. The trick is that they don't control fully people on the ground.

Luck is clearly, clearly one of the factors in life. Cuban Missile Crisis, because what happened there, and there is one of the lessons, is that eventually the commanders at the top, they believe that they have all the cards. They negotiate with each other. They try to see who blinks first in the game of nuclear brinkmanship. The trick is that they don't control fully people on the ground.

Luck is clearly, clearly one of the factors in life. Cuban Missile Crisis, because what happened there, and there is one of the lessons, is that eventually the commanders at the top, they believe that they have all the cards. They negotiate with each other. They try to see who blinks first in the game of nuclear brinkmanship. The trick is that they don't control fully people on the ground.

One of the most dangerous moments of the Cuban Missile Crisis was the Soviet missile shooting down the American airplane, killing the pilot. An act of war. Technically, we're already in war. The order to shoot the missile was given with Moscow having no clue what was going on the ground. Moscow never gave approval for that.

One of the most dangerous moments of the Cuban Missile Crisis was the Soviet missile shooting down the American airplane, killing the pilot. An act of war. Technically, we're already in war. The order to shoot the missile was given with Moscow having no clue what was going on the ground. Moscow never gave approval for that.