The Cold War era model of bilateral relations and arms control is predicated on mutual antagonism and nuclear threats: a situation that is unacceptable as the basis for 21st Century U.S.- Russian relations.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/no_author/the-other-america-or-the-three-missed-chances-to-avoid-world-war-iii/

The Cold War was ending, the Soviet Union was about to collapse, Germany would soon be reunified, and Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait would soon be defeated.

Source: http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2023/07/a-world-transformed-and-role-of.html