Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Putin Launches an Unwelcome Cold War Reboot

We thought we left this game of spheres behind.

January 13, 2022 at 10:28 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

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