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John McCarthy

We must work to manage the second cold war, lest it turns hot

The first cold war had some of the finest minds on both sides working on how to reduce tensions. Now we need to draw lessons from the differences between that confrontation and this one.

John McCarthyFormer Australian ambassador

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The second cold war is no longer something to prevent. It has begun. The priority now is to stop it becoming hot.

The first cold war was different to this one, but it has lessons for us today.

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John McCarthy is a former ambassador to Vietnam, the United States, Indonesia and Japan, a high commissioner to India, and a senior adviser to Asialink.

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