The Global Significance of the Cold War

The Cold War is over, but the impacts of it are not. During the Cold War Era, you were with the USSR or you were with The United States. Sure, there were countries like India that tried to remain neutral, and while officially it may have been true, no one really escaped the influence of the Cold War. 

During the Cold War, this was the start of large scale proxy wars that are continued today in Syria, Afghanistan, Central and South America. It reflected the lessons learned from World War II about open warfare, but also the continued hostilities between East and West. The Cold War also tied the former USSR and the United States together forever. Look at the Moscow line that still exists between The Kremlin and The White House today. 

Another significant topic was the change in the imaginary lines that make up many borders in Europe. The Cold War and subsequently the end changed the maps of Europe in a big way. The fall of the Iron Curtain, and the Berlin Wall were intense events for humanity. At the start of the Cold War, The Berlin Blockade also reinforced the alliances between the US and Western Europe, as if World War II had not been enough. The Berlin Airlift was the biggest air operation in history, and showed Europe that the United States was going to continue to be a strong ally for them. 

Perhaps the biggest impacts of the cold war lay in who countries were allied to. This led to things like the Korean War, Vietnam, a USSR and Afghan war. The results of the alliances have had lasting impacts until today. Even today, if there's a rogue nation, you can tie Russia to it. Russia and the US will probably never stop their conflict. 

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