The new book by the famous historian and publicist Armen Gasparyan talks about the confrontation between Russia and the Western world at the present stage. Tracing the origins of the new Cold War, beginning with the collapse of the USSR, the author shares unique details that allow us to see in new ways the geopolitical scale of the smoldering conflict between Russia and the West, primarily the United States. The reader learns about complex political, diplomatic and espionage intrigues from the 1990s to the present.