Sentence:  The collateral damage flowing from the increasingly charged atmosphere of <WSD>Cold War II</WSD>—over issues ranging from nuclear proliferation and counterterrorism to the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria—can only damage US national security and the possibility of a more just and peaceful world. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The ongoing tensions between the United States of America alongside its European allies and the Russian Federation in the mid-2010s; sometimes called the new "'''US–Russian Cold War'''"