When we talk about arenas of the cold war, we refer, therefore areas where crisis and war occurred on Threatened to, occurs between the alliance sup terms but did not cross certain limits.
- Cuban missile crisis
- Korea
- Viet term
- Afghanistan
- Berlin
- Congo
The superpower realized not war, by all means, be avoided, which meant exercising restraint and belonging more responsibly in international affairs. U.S. and USSR decided to collaborate in limiting or eliminating certain kinds of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons.
A stable balance of weapons could be maintained through “arms control.”
Starting in the 1960s, the two sides signed three significant agreements within a decade.
- Limited test ban treaty
- Nuclear non-proliferation treaty
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
After that, the superpower held several rounds of arms limitation talks and signed several more treaties to limit their arms.
New International Economic Order
The non-aligned countries were more than merely mediators during the cold war. Majority LDCs are the challenge was to be more developed economically and to lift their people out of poverty.
Economic development was also vital for the independence of the new countries, with sustained development, a country could be truly free. It would remain dependent on the more prosperous countries, including colonial powers from which political freedom had been achieved.