Russia and China are ramping up a new cold war and our independence is at risk

The Cold War 2.0 reboot is far more perilous than the first Cold War’s fight against the Soviets

We’ve arrived at the day when we must mobilize to protect our commercial, political and digital sovereignty from Russia, China and other bad actors.  FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019.  (REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have held a video call to discuss bilateral relations and international affairs. The summit Wednesday comes amid heightened tensions between Moscow and the West over a Russian troop buildup near Ukrainian borders that is stoking fears of a possible invasion.  (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei DruzhininTASS via Getty Images) BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 02: Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link, from the Great Hall of the People on December 2, 2019 in Beijing, China.  (Photo by Noel Celis - Pool/Getty Images)

Russia’s Ukraine gambit, for example, betrays a willingness to savage its neighbor, bomb civilians and destroy a nation’s critical infrastructure while holding the rest of Europe at bay by threatening a pipeline that carries 40 percent of the region’s natural gas supply.