Amidst the deterioration of relations between both sides over a potential US-led military strike in Middle East after the Douma chemical attack in Syria and poisoning of the Skripals in the UK , the Secretary-General of the United Nations , Antonio Guterres , told a meeting of the UN Security Council in April 2018 that " the Cold War was back with a vengeance " . He suggested the dangers were even greater , as the safeguards that existed to manage such a crisis " no longer seem to be present " . Dmitri Trenin supported Guterres ' statement , but added that it began in 2014 and had been intensifying since , resulting in US-led strikes on the Syrian government on 13 April 2018
poisoning of the Skripals
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
Second Cold War