For all that, the notion of a new cold war is overblown: Russia is no longer exporting a rival ideology, as the Soviet Union did, nor fighting proxy wars with America around the globe.

• 虽说如此，可新冷战的定义已是昨日黄花，俄罗斯既不再像过去苏联那样输出敌对的意识形态，也不与美国在全球各地展开扶持自己代理人的暗战。