Category: Soviet Union

The collapse of the USSR can rightfully be called one of the most significant political events of the XX century. For half a century, the USSR and the USA, in their confrontation, shaped the entire system of international relations. When the USSR ceased to exist, the whole system of cross-cultural relations underwent significant changes. The…

Table of Contents Introduction Ways to Achieve Political Reforms Gorbachevs and Mandelas Roles Conclusion Bibliography Introduction The paths of the formation of the statehood in the USSR and South Africa in the 1980s and early 1990s were different, although both powers adhered to similar principles of reform movements. The collapse of the Soviet Union marked…

Table of Contents Predictability and transparency Challenging General Howards premise Relevance of the past (cold war) in homeland security How we can learn from the future References Predictability and transparency Russ Howard asserts that there was predictability in the US-Soviet confrontation because the weapons capabilities of both nations were common knowledge. The US understood the…

American interests after the Second World War became different from those of the Soviet Union, resulting in the cold war that contributed to the division between the United States and the Soviets. Communism was becoming a powerful force and a reason for war in various parts of the world as the Soviet Union sought to…