Mar 02, 2018 · Cold War . The struggle for power between the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union. The war was considered "cold" because the aggression was ideological, economic, and diplomatic rather than a direct military conflict.

The Second Cold War, Cold War II, or the New Cold War are terms that refer to heightened political, social, ideological, informational, and military tensions in the 21st century between the United States and China.It is also used to describe such tensions between the United States and Russia, the primary successor state of the former Soviet Union, which was one of the major …