The Cold War policy was called "containment." By supporting anti-communist governments and movements, the US attempted to match the Soviet attempts to create new communist governments that would become client states of the USSR.
China's embrace of Communism forced a complete realignment of foreign policy. While China had been under Nationalist control, it was a strong ally of the West. However, with a new Communist government, China had to reorient its foreign policy towards the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union was already communist during the cold war. Stalin rose and took power as a dictator and he was a communist. Therefore, under communist rule, all of Soviet Russia was forced to become communist.
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Capitalism and communism - APEX.
The Soviet Union was never Communist, it was an example of state capitalism. Communism is a classless stateless society based on production for use.
The idea of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control is known as "containment." This strategy was primarily articulated during the Cold War, particularly in the context of U.S. foreign policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism beyond its existing borders. The doctrine sought to curb Soviet influence and promote democratic governance in regions threatened by communist expansion.
It was rooted in the idea of containment,limiting communism to the areas already under soviet Union control.
China's embrace of Communism forced a complete realignment of foreign policy. While China had been under Nationalist control, it was a strong ally of the West. However, with a new Communist government, China had to reorient its foreign policy towards the Soviet Union.
Containment
The Soviet Union was already communist during the cold war. Stalin rose and took power as a dictator and he was a communist. Therefore, under communist rule, all of Soviet Russia was forced to become communist.
The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism to the whole world. The West had a capitalist system and tried to limit the spread of communism. This created the environment for hostility between the two factions.
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Vernon V. Aspaturian has written: 'Process and power in Soviet foreign policy' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'The Soviet Union in the world communist system' -- subject(s): Communism
In the 1980's Ronald Reagan was the president of the USA (1980-1988) while Mikhail Gorbachev was his counterpart in the Soviet Union (1985-1991). The Soviet Union was at war in Afghanistan trying to bring it under communistic control while the USA was supporting the tribes that were resisting the Soviet's invasion. The Soviets were in a war that wasn't going well for them and their economy was suffering so they ended up pulling their troops out of Afghanistan. This was a major signal of a change in Soviet foreign policy. Stemming from Mikhail's belief that communism was a flawed system, he also allowed most of the countries that were controlled by the Soviet Union to become self governing. The Soviet Union no longer existed and became the Russian Federation. They also abandoned communism and adopted democracy. In brief, the foreign policy for the Soviet's in the first half of the 1980's was to spread communism. After Mikhail Gorbachev became their leader in 1985, it was to abandon their old system and embrace democracy. The foreign policy of the USA in the first three/fourths was to limit communism and in the last fourth support the new Russian Federation financially and verbally.
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Ludmila Stern has written: 'Western intellectuals and the Soviet Union, 1920-40' -- subject(s): Intellectuals, History, Politics and government, Foreign public opinion, Attitudes, Communism, Communism and intellectuals