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: Decolonisation and the emergence of new nation-states attracted the attention of the superpowers, arms and other support poured into the continent and the result was disastrous (Mcmahon, 2003). The Cold War led to major impact to International order; because the post Cold War order of bipolarity and the balance of power has ended making the US the only superpower in the world and therefore can take whatever actions she desires with impunity this change ended an era of peace in the world this view is held by Mearsheimer (1994) as cited by (Baylis et al., 2008) Mearsheimer held the idea that, the Cold War era was a period of peace and stability. Furthermore, towards the end of the Cold War in the 1990s, the Soviet Union suffered a considerable economic decline as a direct result of the Cold War because of huge military spending. ( Young & Kent, 2004) thus the effects of the Cold War are far-reaching and they added to the ultimate fall down of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the end of bipolarity, which left the United States as the only hegemony power in the world. In conclusion, the cold war divided the world into two nuclear-armed camps and one neutral one, it maintained the status quo that existed in Germany, and it also paved the way the emergence of new nation-states, the rise of those newly born states attracted the intention of the two powers, and super rivalry was played out in order to keep and maintain sphere of interest. With the end of bipolarity, a period of peace and stability and balance of power has ended and left the US the only hegemony power in the world. The question is, will United States respect the fragile peace that the world has now; or because of the absence of another superpower will it keep invading other countries?