Explain the factors which contributed to the decline of the cold war.
Answer:
- The death of Josef Stalin. The USSR leaders who came after Josef Stalin exercised flexibility.
- Negotiations between the superpowers to reduce arms e.g. the Strategic Arms Limitations Talk (SALT).
- Gorbachev’s policy. He introduced the policy of glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (economic restructuring) which allowed for negotiations with the west.
- The collapse of communist rule in eastern Europe led to Eastern European countries accepting democracy. Due to this the tension eased and there was new friendship between USA and Russia.
- The role played by the Ronald Regan (USA) and Margaret Thatcher (Britain) who encouraged peace talks with the USSR and other nations.
- The unification of Germany-the collapse of the Berlin wall led to the re unification of East and West Germany.
- The dissolution of Warsaw pact in 1991 and the former Soviet states joined NATO leading to a peaceful end of the cold war in 1991.
- Reagans policy-president Ronald Reagan of USA asked the Russian leaders to consider easing the tension between USA and the USSR.
- Negotiations between the superpowers to reduce arms e.g. the Strategic Arms Limitations Talk (SALT).
- Gorbachev’s policy. He introduced the policy of glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (economic restructuring) which allowed for negotiations with the west.
- The collapse of communist rule in eastern Europe led to Eastern European countries accepting democracy. Due to this the tension eased and there was new friendship between USA and Russia.
- The role played by the Ronald Regan (USA) and Margaret Thatcher (Britain) who encouraged peace talks with the USSR and other nations.
- The unification of Germany-the collapse of the Berlin wall led to the re unification of East and West Germany.
- The dissolution of Warsaw pact in 1991 and the former Soviet states joined NATO leading to a peaceful end of the cold war in 1991.
- Reagans policy-president Ronald Reagan of USA asked the Russian leaders to consider easing the tension between USA and the USSR.
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