Discuss the impact of the end of the Cold War on US foreign policy Introduction: When the world famous liberal thinker Francis Fukuyama in his masterpiece declared that we were witnessing the end of the history‚ he was greeting the new political structure and also the new international environment‚ which is peaceful[1]. However‚ developments that occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union showed us that the dissolution of the Soviets was unexpected. The international society was not ready
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Assess the importance of two of the following Soviet policies in the origin and development of the Cold War: Sovietization of Eastern and Central Europe; Comecon; Warsaw Pact There are many factors that contributed to the origins and development of the Cold War‚ such as the clash in ideologies‚ Marshall Aid‚ the creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)‚ various Soviet Policies- just to name a few. Many historians‚ have argued that it was actually Soviet Policies that were essential
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Right". This power was very strong and meant that a certain person was chosen by God to be a King‚ Queen‚ or any position in high power. Both Eastern and Western Europe were very similar and contrasted in the way they used absolutism. In the body paragraphs below‚ it will be explained why they are similar and differ. There were some similarities between Eastern and Western European Absolutism. There was absolute rule in both parts of Europe. The monarchs had an insane amount of power compared to a
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The USSR’s influence and domination of Eastern Europe during the 40’s and the 50’s of the previous century has left indisputable marks upon the region’s economic‚ political and global status‚ evident still today. As to how this Soviet control was garnered and maintained‚ and the measure of effectiveness it had‚ there are two main time periods to examine‚ namely‚ Eastern Europe under Stalin‚ and destalinised Russia under Khrushchev. If control were defined as the "ability to authorize‚ manage or direct"
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USSR was determined to establish a buffer zone in eastern Europe. Between 1945 and 1948‚ the soviets sponsored dictators to seize power in Europe’s war-torn heart land. In Germany pivotal arena. The zones of the allied occupations began to harden into political entities. 1949 the west and east German governments had been organizing and finalizing the division of the continent. Alarmed by the ruthless imposition of communist government in eastern Europe and by the vulnerability of the western government
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became paranoid and thought of the West as a potential security threat this was because?? This prompted his embarking on salami tactics ( an expansionist policy) so that Communism would remain strong in Eastern Europe. Gradually the Russians began to systematically interfere in the countries in Eastern Europe to set up pro-communist governments‚ in countries like Poland‚ Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ Albania and Romania. Stalin felt that his actions were justified for the defense of communism‚ and that salami
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the development of the cold war in the years 1945-48 owed more to soviet expansionism than to the USA’s economic interests. Source 7 supports this view to an extent as it argues that the USSR ‘tightened its grip over the countries of central and eastern Europe’ and how the ‘western attitudes had hardened’ due to this. However source 8 disagrees with source 7 completely as it suggests that there were ‘important economic advantages for the USA in starting a cold war’. Source 9 rejects the view of both
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This is because Stalin desired to dominate the world under communism. His takeover of Eastern Europe was seen to be his first step towards Cold War. “This was started by USSR picking on the countries that were not in any shape or form of fighting against the Eastern Europe countries. Soon this made those countries either an allies of USSR or‚ USSR taking over them.” (Strauss‚ p.189). As that was happening in Eastern Europe the people over the world did not want a communist party ruling over them. This
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Between the years 1958 and 1961‚ the dispute over Berlin (often known as the ‘Berlin Crisis’) was one of the main issues between the USA and USSR‚ and caused a considerable amount of growing tension between the two states. The dispute over Berlin was a continuing issue over who was to occupy Berlin‚ the capital city of Germany. The city was seen as an important area for both states and led to several conflict issues throughout the time period. It could be argued that this issue and the tension caused
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Khrushchev’s throat. The Berlin Wall was constructed with the primary objective to contain fleeing denizens of Eastern Germany‚ however‚ multiple other social‚ political and economic objectives of varying precedences also motivated the kremlin to order its erection. The primary motivation for the creation of an ‘iron curtain’ around West Berlin was to contain fleeing denizens of Eastern Germany. West Berlin had acted as an ’escape
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