Nuclear threat is reborn in books, series and movies. Numerous essays and fiction titles reflect the connections of the current moment with the Cold War.
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East and tensions between the U.S. and China over Taiwan bring back a certain air of Cold War and its arms escalation. Vladimir Putin has been threatening to unleash a nuclear conflict for some time. UN Secretary General, António Guterres, warned about growing geopolitical tensions saying that “humanity cannot survive an Oppenheimer sequel”