![]() ![]() ![]() In response, China threatened to retaliate, saying it has the right to “take further actions” for what it deemed “an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice.” military shot down the high-altitude balloon after it traveled over several military sites and across the country. Under orders from President Joe Biden, the U.S. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Stephen Flynn, director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern. It was the second notable diplomatic crisis in as many years after Nancy Pelosi’s trip last summer highlighted growing tensions between the two countries. skies, it canceled a planned diplomatic visit to Beijing. earlier this month spotted what it said was a Chinese spy balloon in U.S. and China headed for a Cold War? The headlines of late sure make it seem like an ideological clash is imminent-if not already a reality.Īfter the U.S. Pro-Soviet governments in nearby Poland and Hungary.Are the U.S. Of radical political changes occurred in the Eastern Bloc,Īssociated with the liberalization of the Eastern Bloc'sĪuthoritarian systems and the erosion of political power in the Took its toll on Soviet coffers and its military. Communism just could not keep up with any free marketĬapitalist system in the world at that time. Was a paper tiger and not a viable system, the Soviets never knew Planned weapons system the Soviets feared the most. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), or Star Wars, was the The Eastern Bloc by basically bankrupting their capability to The "war" was a chess matchīetween the two powers especially in the development of perspective ![]() Try and isolate the Soviets, social implications, especially in theĮarly 1950s, caused the great "commie hunt" in the United States, There was little political discourse, economic sanctions existed to ![]() Spending and development "battles" were fought between the parties. TheĬold War was a non-combat "war." The Cold War, as noted, existedīecause of differing political ideologies between the two powers.īasically, it was the Western Ideals of democracy against theĮastern communists. China could also be included in the definition. The "Cold War," refers to the "war" between the United StatesĪnd Russia. ![]()
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