Some countries that transitioned to democracy after the Cold War include Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). These countries were formerly under Soviet influence but eventually embraced democratic principles and institutions.
Economic stagnation, political repression, and failed military interventions contributed to the weakening of Communist governments near the end of the Cold War. Additionally, the spread of democratic ideals and movements also played a significant role in undermining the authority of Communist regimes.
The main countries involved in the Cold War were the United States and the Soviet Union. The key political ideas were capitalism, promoted by the U.S., and communism, promoted by the Soviet Union. This ideological conflict resulted in global tension and competition between the two superpowers.
A common political factor for US-aligned states in Europe during the Cold War was their shared commitment to containing the spread of communism. These states often formed alliances, such as NATO, to counter the influence of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe. The US provided military and economic support to these countries as part of their efforts to uphold Western democratic values and oppose communism.
The term 'Domino Theory' is a political term. It was used during the Cold War to describe the belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would also fall like a row of dominoes.
During the Cold War, the principles of liberalism included advocating for democratic governance, individual rights, free markets, and the rule of law. Liberalism also emphasized the importance of international cooperation, human rights, and non-intervention in the affairs of sovereign states. It stood in contrast to the authoritarian and centralized control promoted by the Soviet Union and its allies.
It's the Cold War.
The Cold War. The two superpowers that were in the world as of 1945, Soviet and the United States, were governed by two different styles of government, Communism and Democracy. The Soviets, wanting more countries to trade with (its normal trade being to democratic countries, who boycotted all trade with the U.S.S.R), wanted the government type of Communism to spread into other countries that were either democratic or republics. Countries that were democratic, particularly the United States, wanted to stop this. The Soviets began funding and arming Communist, forces in different countries. these led to the reign of Fidel Castro in Cuba, the Vietnam War, Korean War, and a Communist government in China, among others.
The Cold War.
The Iron Curtain was put there because of the cold war. To prevent movement between communist countries and democratic countries.
The Cold War, but it lasted from the late 1940s till about 1990.The Cold War
The Cold War.
The cold war
No countries really 'entered' the Cold war, this was not an official 'declared' war. It was so called because of the opposing ideology of the Soviet system and the democratic western countries who made up the NATO Alliance. France was part of NATO until 1966 and then left.
The Allied side was democratic.
To promote democratic ideals in communist territories
The main countries involved in the Cold War were the US and the USSR.
Probably not, the Soviet Union would have had to let Eastern European countries, such as Poland, to have free, democratic governments, and they would not.