Can the EU have a bigger role in a " New World Order"?

With tensions rising again between the US and Russia over they respective influences, are we heading back to a cold war bi-polar world? Europe has been trying to play an important diplomatic role to diffuse the crisis between Russia and Georgia. Is this an indication that the multi-polar world aspiration or former President Chirac is possible?

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Would McCain be even worse than Bush on foreign affairs?

The recent crisis still unfolding between Georgia and Russia should serve as a warning for Americans. McCain seems to still live in the cold war era and had a very undiplomatic approach towards Russia. McCain is even more hackish than Bush and even closer than Bush to the neo-cons ideology.The late posturing of McCain in foreign affairs was to create a " League of Nations". Don't we have the UN?

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Is the war in Georgia a neo-con election ploy?

A lot of allegations are floating around, some say that Dick Cheney helped manufactured the current conflict between Russia & Georgia to play one more time the GOP's favorite fear and paranoia tactic, right before the elections and turn the tide in favor of McCain. What's next, the old Reagan's grizzly bear of the Soviet era? With McCain in the White House, it could be the cold war all over again.

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Russia celebrates its victory over Germany by a Soviet style military parade.

During his two terms as President, Vladimir Putin has attempted to remake Russia into a major world power.

As he is "stepping down" from president to prime minister, Vladimir Putin will remain the man running Russia with an iron fist.

Some analysts are raising the possibility that Putin's Russia represents a threat for the West, and could perhaps even be the start of a New Cold War.

"The New Cold War " is the title of Edward Lucas new book. Edward Lucas is the Economist's former Moscow Bureau Chief. To read about Ed Lucas sobering assessement on the topic go to: http://www.fpa.org/pubs_inventory2418/pubs_inventory_show.htm?doc_id=670602