Dick Cheney on Russia, Ukraine and the Post-Cold War World (1992)

On 9 January 1992, US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney sat with ITN’s Jon Snow to discuss a shifting world order and the impending 1992 US election. Just two weeks after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and rapid ascension of Boris Yeltsin, Snow questioned Cheney on the durability of a Bush government amidst the Cold War’s end and the West’s mandate in an emerging Europe “speaking with different voices”, with emphasis on Ukrainian self-determination as a central issue unfolding on the world stage. Eclipsed by a crumbling world order, George Bush Sr would face a crushing defeat later that year, sidelining Cheney’s foreign policy vision until 2000. 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Dick Cheney interview set-up 01:10 Dick Cheney on opinion polls and re-election 03:17 Dick Cheney on on the former Soviet Union, Ukraine and the new Russian Commonwealth 08:02 Dick Cheney on German reunification and Boris Yeltsin #coldwar #dickcheney #sovietunion #ukraine #russianfederation #ussr #georgebush #usa #germany #soviet #sovietwave #russia #borisyeltsin #russiaukrainewar #russiaukraineconflict #russiaukraine #nuclearwar #berlinwall #uselection #uspolitics #uspolicy #nuclear #itnarchive #communism #gulfwar To license the footage featured in this clip, follow the link below: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/search/... To search the ITN Archive collection on Getty Images, follow the link below: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/footage... 🎥 Subscribe to our YouTube channel (tap the bell icon and stay up to date with all the latest ITN Archive videos!) -    / @frontlinebyitn   🎥 Follow us on Twitter -   / itnarchive   🎥 Like us on Facebook -   / itnarchiveitnp   🎥 Check out our TikTok -   / itnarchive1955