Athanasios Platias, emeritus professor of strategic studies at the University of Piraeus and
Athanasios Platias, emeritus professor of strategic studies at the University of Piraeus and president of the Council of International Relations, said the world was in a “new cold war” responding to questions fielded by OT during a talk at the Delphi Economic Forum X that commenced today.
“We are in a new Cold War,” the professor pointed out, claiming the two poles were the United States and China. “[They] are in constant competition. And in fact, this is more intense than the first Cold War, because today the economies are interconnected due to supply chains.”
He adds that this new cold war had shifted from the land to the sea. “While the first Cold War took place on land, the second has shifted to the seas, causing a geodynamic restructuring, with the emphasis on the U.S. and China and a competition that has many dimensions. To address this, disengagement is necessary, which is painful,” he commented.
What causes turmoil in the global economy is globalization and how economies are interconnected. In this global order, the U.S. is trying to create disincentives for China, triggering a trade war. “Clearly, with 104% tariffs, there can no longer be trade, either from China to the
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