Technology Cold War: Causes, Effects, Way Forward

The World is set to witness another cold war in the 21st century. The 5G technology and race to dominate it has been intensified with the US-led West and China engaging in a multilayered competition. The US President has called for international blacklisting of Huawei which is right now leading the 5G tech research and implementation. Banning of Chinese Apps on the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic is the next step in line with the ensued cold war.

What is the Cold war?

• The cold war refers to the confrontational relations between the US-led liberal alliance and USSR led communist alliance that largely impacted the world order post World War II till 1990-91 (Disintegration of USSR).
• The cold war defined largely th