The post-1989 world saw the end of the totalitarian regimes of the Cold War and the ending of client state status for many states . The Cold war was effectively ended by the Revolutions of 1989 , and the Malta Summit on December 3 , 1989 . The Soviet Union was dissolved on December 26 , 1991 . Various " post-Cold War regimes " established were democratic republics , though some were authoritarian/oligarchic republics
Malta Summit
Malta Summit
Contemporary history