"Cold War II" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: A numbered instance of a specific cold war after the previous one, the Cold War (1945-1991); a similar numbering happened for a specific instance of a world war after the previous one, the World War (1914-1918), which since World War II became known retronymically as World War I. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Cold War II}} Cold War II
  1. The ongoing tensions between the United States of America alongside its European allies and the Russian Federation since the mid-2010s and especially since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022; sometimes called the new US–Russian Cold War.
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  2. The ongoing tensions between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China since the mid-2010s.
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  3. The combination of the two above-named cold wars considered as one since the 2022 "no limits" partnership of Russia and China.
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  4. (dated) The later (mostly 1970s–1980s) phase of the Cold War. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-Cold_War_II-en-name-bNF0pwJX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 39 13 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 40 11 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Cold War 2, New Cold War, Second Cold War Related terms: Cold War, World War III Translations (ongoing tensions): მეორე ცივი ომი (meore civi omi) (Georgian), Chiến tranh Lạnh thứ hai (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'ongoing tensions': 45 50 3 2

Alternative forms

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