Title: In what ways did the Cold War affect international relations between 1945 and 1990? – Personal blogs
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In what ways did the Cold War affect international relations between 1945 and 1990?
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Content: The Cold War had affected international relations in different ways first and for most, the Cold War divided the world into three distinct camps, the NATO camp, the Warsaw camp, and the nonaligned. The first two camps were armed with nuclear weapons. The rivalry between the two superpowers quickly spread to the rest of the world. The USA encouraged other friendly regions in the world to form their own alliance such as CENTO in the Middle East and SEATO in South East Asia, the aim as suggested by Murphy (2003) was to surround the USSR with a military alliance and had resulted in increased tensions. Furthermore both superpowers possessed nuclear missiles that can reach Moscow and Washington respectively. Thus, the Cold War become global and directly affected international stability (Murphy, 2003). In addition, both superpowers resorted to confrontation and propaganda and this, in turn, was played out in the rest of the world. The Cold War led the division of Europe in general and Germany, in particular, it also as pointed out by Cornwell (2001) made possible the modernization and “reintegration” of the defeated powers of Germany, Italy and Japan (Cornwell, 2003). Its impact was felt especially in Africa and as stated by Painter ( 2001) made possible the emergence and creation of new nation-states, as the colonial masters were no longer able to sustain those colonies. The Cold War considerably affected Europe where it originated as well as internationally.