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Tom Lantos: “It is ironic that the end of the Cold War has brought about a significant reduction in the threat of major confrontation…”

On the recordJune 17, 1999
It is ironic that the end of the Cold War has brought about a significant reduction in the threat of major confrontation involving the United States directly, but at the same time we have seen an increase in the violence of regional ethnic and religious conflicts, such as that in Kosova.
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Tom Lantos
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congress.gov
Jun 17, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Discussion on the implications of the Cold War's end and rising regional conflicts.

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