There are many misconceptions about the legacy of the Cold War and the relations between the Liberal Democratic world, its institutions and values, and the world that the Soviet Union was striving to bring into existence. The profound difference between these two worlds in terms of values, the role of the state, the role of…

”The battle between socialists and liberals was (and still is) at the core of politics, economics, and culture worldwide. For this reason, it’s easy to “weaponize” the Cold War and claim everything is a “new” Cold War. I think historians should stick to the “old” Cold War.”          

”The Cold War was the peak of a huge process which started in early modernity and involved the huge-scale debates and disagreements on the best way to organize human society. It was both a strategic confrontation of two military blocs, but also an ideological dilemma of enormous importance, touching upon both high politics and ways…