Dr. Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard

US Foreign Policy Historian (Danish Institute for International Studies)

”Studying the Cold War provides invaluable insights into the historical, geopolitical, and strategic dimensions of current international affairs. In Europe, it constitutes an important context for the Russian-Ukrainian war. While the present situation differs in important ways, the legacies of the Cold War continue to shape the dynamics of the relationship between the West and Russia. Understanding how Cold War superpower rivalry influenced political, economic, and social developments in countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America is also crucial for understanding how countries in the present Global South respond to renewed great power rivalry between the United States and China.”