Cold War 2.0

Introduction: we'll watch and listen to the two following perspectives on the emergence of a Cold War 2.0. (Viewing guides posted in Google Classroom)

Vice News: Cold War 2.0

Massey Lecture 2016: Jennifer Walsh lecture #4 Return of the Cold War

Task #1. Using the following links, what relationships between defence spending and the concept of Cold War 2.0 can you find? Provide a short rationale for these relationships. (There will be a shared research document on Google Classroom)

NATO:

Topic: Information on defence expenditures

Russia:

Russia Military Expenditure | 1992-2019 Data | 2020-2021 Forecast | Historical | Chart

Russia's military spending: Frequently asked questions

China

China Military Spending/Defense Budget 1989-2021 | MacroTrends

Part II International Agreements

There are 3 elements to Part II ( collaborative document research document shared in Google Classroom)

• • What military agreements have NATO and Russia made from 1991-current?

  • What is the purpose of these agreements?

• • To what extent have these agreements been honoured? Provide a brief rationale along with a emoticon rating scale honoured somewhat honoured

• • not honoured

Some websites to help start your research. (ADD MORE ROWS AS NEEDED)

• • http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm?

  • https://www.armscontrol.org/act/1997_05/jm

  • http://www.mid.ru/en/web/guest/maps/gr/-/asset_publisher/D4tBbKa1q61C/content/id/2512386

  • http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_nato_russia_dialogue_and_the_future_of_the_nato_russia_council

  • http://thebulletin.org/

  • http://www.nato.int/nrc-website/en/about/index.html

  • http://www.missiontonato.ru/