The End of the Cold War
[2024-01-01 17:59:18]
With the departure of several Soviet leaders Mikhail Gorbachev took control of the Soviet Union. His power has brought the era of reform (reorganization) and reform (openness)
In the mid-1980s, the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union has improved greatly. At the exciting summit held in Reykjavik, Iceland in October 1986, Gorbachev suggested reducing the total amount of nuclear weapons held by all political parties by 50%, and seemed to have reached historical for some time I accept. Due to the difference in SDI, the summit failed. However, on December 8, 1987, "International Nuclear Weapons Convention (INF) Convention" was signed in Washington, and all kinds of nuclear weapons were abolished. The INF Treaty is the first arms control agreement that requires the actual reduction of nuclear weapons rather than limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
At the end of the decade, most of the east group began to collapse. The Hungarian government canceled barbed wire at the Austrian and West border. The Soviet Union did not respond. The trip was not completely free yet, but the iron curtain began to collapse. On November 10, 1989, one of the most famous symbols of the Cold War came: the Berlin Wall. By the end of the year, except for Bulgaria, the leaders of all the Eastern European countries were expelled by the popular uprising.
By the mid-1990s, many Soviet republics declared independence. Several attempts have been made to overthurn Gorbachev, so the confusion of the Soviet Union continues. On 8 December 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist. President of the Republic of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, formed the Independent State Community (C.I.S.). 45 years later, the Cold War is over
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 basically ended the Cold War. However, despite the global concern about nuclear war, the end of the Cold War has not ended the threat of nuclear weapons use. In a major movement of symbolic downgrading, Boris Yeltsin announced that Russia will cease to target US cities with nuclear weapons on January 26, 1992. Designing, testing, manufacturing, deploying and defending nuclear weapons is one of the largest expenditures in countries holding nuclear weapons. In the Cold War era, "One quarter to one third of the military expenses since the Second World War were used for nuclear weapons and infrastructure."
During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union began to participate in nuclear weapons competition. They spent billions of dollars to build huge nuclear weapons. At the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union used about 27% of the gross national product for military purposes. This seriously affected their economy and helped to end the Cold War. A nuclear bomb is a very powerful weapon that can destroy an entire city and kill thousands of people. Nuclear weapons were used in the war was the only time that was done to Japan at the end of World War II. The premise of the Cold War is that both political parties do not want to participate in nuclear war that could destroy most civilizations world.
With the end of the Cold War and the rise of the 24-hour news network, violence has become widespread and realistic. But more importantly - if you avoid nuclear threats, the violence of war can safely be reintegrated into the landscape. Iran - the Iraq War has barely published headlines, and most Westerners are completely unaware that this war has occurred. However, with the conclusion of the Cold War, the conflict such as the dissolution of Yugoslavia was completely aired like a massacre at the height of Graham.