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fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war
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The latter could mean a real hot war with China given the strategic importance of Taiwan’s semiconductor foundries.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
But Trump should not talk the United States into a new cold war with China or a hot war with regional competitors such as Iran.
—Andrew Byers, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024
Containing trade wars is a start, but Beijing and Washington should also work to end or at least contain hot wars that could trigger a much wider conflagration.
—Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
And only when the construction of the Berlin Wall commenced in August of 1961 did an opportunity arise to hold a hot war at bay and stave off some of the era’s most catastrophic potentials, including a nuclear holocaust.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
But Trump should not talk the United States into a new cold war with China or a hot war with regional competitors such as Iran.
—Andrew Byers, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024
Containing trade wars is a start, but Beijing and Washington should also work to end or at least contain hot wars that could trigger a much wider conflagration.
—Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
And only when the construction of the Berlin Wall commenced in August of 1961 did an opportunity arise to hold a hot war at bay and stave off some of the era’s most catastrophic potentials, including a nuclear holocaust.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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“Hot war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20war. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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