Given the amount of continued Russian spying against the United States, has the Cold War truly ended?
The Cold War in the traditional sense is not really over, especially if you ask someone from Cuba, North Korea or even China and Vietnam. Although the Soviet-style of communism appears to be limited, Russia today is ruled by leaders who come from the KGB, including Putin and many of his key aides. These people are not Communist in name, but are so linked to the past Soviet system that they still harbor Soviet views, prime among them that the United States remains the main enemy. Can any U.S. president substantially change our intelligence culture? If so, how much blame can be attributed to any particular administration? If not, how should that culture go about changing itself from within? Yes. Presidential attention to the issue is the key. Current U.S. intelligence agencies are in many ways operating independent of political control by arguing they are “professionals” outside of politics and who claim that any orders from political leaders is an attempt to “politicize” intelligence. T
