Europe is still reverberating from the Georgian conflict as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to visit Russia this week. Edward Lucas from the Economist tells us why we should be careful with the language we use to describe the tensions between Russia and the West. It’s not the old Cold War; it’s a new Cold … what? Edward Lucas, central and eastern European correspondent for The Economist and author of The New Cold War: Putin’s Russia and the Threat to the West
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