 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ma1970 uye kutanga kwema1980 akaona kutanga kwe stagflation. United States yakatsigira Israeri panguva yeHondo yeYom Kippur; mukupindura, nyika yakatarisana nekutengeswa kwemafuta kubva kunyika dzeOPEC, zvichikonzera dambudziko remafuta ra1973. Muna 1979, Mutungamiri Jimmy Carter akaita kuti pave nechibvumirano chorugare pakati peEgipita neIsraeri, chichiratidza kokutanga kuti nyika yechiArabhu izive kuvapo kweIsraeri. Mushure mokusarudzwa kwake, Mutungamiriri weNyika Ronald Reagan akapindura kumira kwezvemari nechinjo dzakanangidzirwa pamusika wakasununguka. Zvichitevera kuparara kwe détente, akasiya kudzora ndokutanga nzira ine hukasha zvikuru yerollback kuSoviet Union. Kupera kwema1980 kwakaunza kutonhora muukama neSoviet Union, uye kuparara kwayomuna 1991 pakupedzisira Hondo Yemashoko yakaguma. Ikoku kwakaunza unipolarity neU.S. isina kupikiswa sesimba guru rinodzora renyika. 