Monday, May 26, 2014

ROUBINI: A New Cold War Has Begun, And It's At Risk Of Becoming A Hot War



"There is the beginning now of a new cold war between the West and Russia," Roubini said in an interview with Bloomberg TV's Eric Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle. "And this cold war could actually become a hot war if it’s possible Russia were to effectively destabilize and invade the eastern provinces of Ukraine."
"Certainly among the global tail risks, the one coming from Ukraine is the most important one. There is the beginning now of a new cold war between the West and Russia, and this cold war could actually become a hot war if it’s possible Russia were to effectively destabilize and invade the eastern provinces of Ukraine, in which case things would escalate. You could have another episode of global risk aversion. If this were to become a real war, (inaudible) even a situation in which the supply of gas to Europe may be cut off from Russia. The European economy is barely now recovering from a recession. That could tip back the eurozone into a recession". - in www.businessinsider.com



Nouriel Roubini is an American professor of Economics at New York University`s Stern School of Business and chairman of RGE Roubini Global Economics
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