Fabio R. Fiallo,
RCWThey are so recent, and yet they seem so far away; those 20-odd years during which the United States happened to be the sole hegemon of global stature. Now,à a new cold war between Moscow and Washingtonà is taking shape at an alarming pace. Never, since the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, has direct military confrontation betweenà Russia and the United Statesà --à and not only conflict through proxies -- appeared to be as plausibleà as it looks today.