Back to the future? US-Russian relations after Georgia

As tensions between the United States and Russia rise over the recent events in Georgia, are we seeing a return to the politics of the Cold War? The EUISS’s Research Fellow for transatlantic questions, Marcin Zaborowski, examines the reactions of the two US presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, to the crisis, its impact on the election campaign, and the implications for future relations between the US and Russia.