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Cold War And Cold Relationship

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The geopolitical and tense relationship that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War two is known as Cold war. The cold war involved the Eastern Bloc powers (Soviet Union and its smaller states) and the Western bloc powers (the United States, its NATO and European allies). The war was known as “cold” because the two involved sides were not directly involved in the conflict although they both supported the proxy wars who were the major regional wars. It was during the cold war that the temporary wartime alliance against the Nazi Germany was spilt and the United States and the Soviet Union left as the strongest nations in the world. The two super powers had different ideas when it came to government and economics. The …show more content…

For instance, John Kennedy who was against communism encouraged Khrushchev to put nuclear weapons in Cuba. Nikita Khrushchev was involved in the missile crisis in Cuba and he also peacefully resolved the conflict between the two powers by removing the weapons that were in Cuba. Richard Nixon, Willy Brandt and Winston Churchill were also involved in the conflict. Also, international organizations could not be left out in the cold war. However, many were not actually involved in the war and had to wait until the war was done to get involved. International organizations are now facing challenges caused by the shift in diplomatic relations that took place during the cold war. The United Nations used the cold war to relate to negative things that would happen to the world using the effects that came with the cold war. The Board of Governors and the Scientific Advisory Committee members were in conflict whether the events of the cold war dealt with science, diplomacy or even politics. Many organizations chose to keep away from the conflict since they feared getting killed for being

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