Sir ‪@niallferguson5684‬ is arguably the world's greatest living historian. He first pointed out that we’re in Cold War II back in 2018. In articles for ‪@nytimes‬ and ‪@nationalreview‬, Sir Niall tried to show how China now occupies the space vacated by the Soviet Union when it collapsed in 1991.

This view is less controversial now than it was then. China is clearly not only an ideological rival; it’s also a technological competitor, a geopolitical rival, and a military rival.

Sir Niall has recently amended his thesis to something altogether more disturbing. In an article for ‪@thefreepress‬, he asked what if, in this new Cold War, the US — and not the Chinese might be the Soviets?

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