Cold War 2.0: The DragonBear and the US Standoff in a Bifurcated Global System

In this essay, Velina Tchakarova develops her signature thesis of Cold War 2.0 — a deepening rift between the United States and the DragonBear (China and Russia) modus vivendi, set against the bifurcation of the global system and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Tracing the China–Russia rapprochement she first named “the DragonBear” in 2015, she maps the standoff shaping the 21st-century global order. (2024)