Impact of Cold War on International Relations

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For years cold war has been has been understood as events that proved the rivalry
between USSR and the United States without ever having a direct conflict (Sarantakes &
Westad, 2019). After analyzing the ideological clash is seen as the major reason of the war that
has impacted the entire world. The paper aims to discuss the two of the ideologies that have
resulted to conflict between the US and the USSR.
It is important to understand the bases of each theory in order to understand the way the
two ideologies oppose each other. International relations have existed as a discipline ever since
the World War I occurred. Along with it came the need to explain the events that occurred across
the globe (Kubálková, 2015). In order to achieve the analysis the two theories are undertaken to
fit the requirement of the discipline.
Occurred in October 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis of was a direct as well as
dangerous confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War.
The cold war is however considered as war of ideologies. The theory of realism is widely known
for its anthropological pessimism that appears when it is faced with the likelihood of collective
interests. Since anarchic is the pattern of international system, the rise of realism was natural. It
naturally aroused specifically for the idea that all nations seek ways to increase their power.
Also, the other significant factor of this theory is the national interest that was based on the fact
that the US is the main actor and its security is the prime concern of it. Through these following
characteristics the conclusion can be made that in realism is a theory that cannot be applied to
political actions (Frankel, 2018). According to the liberal thinkers, international cooperation
must be promoted for the purpose of achieving peace, justice and welfare across the world.

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Considering this theory, international relation is possible. The theory provides a goal that can be
reached through institution that can regulate the actions of the United States.
According to Ross (2016), the cold war an ideological conflict between US and USSR or
it can be stated that it was a conflict between capitalism and communism. While the USSR
determined themselves as socialists, the North Americans were communists. It was one of the
main issues that led to the Cold war. The national interest of the two nations was different with
different type of methods. The speeches of John F. Kennedy that was delivered when compared
with the soviet leader Khrushchev, the difference between the terms is reflected. Realism as a
theory in the field of international relationship began rising during the cold war. It occurred
during that period due to much of its approach consisted to justify the actions of the United
States in order to maintain its hegemony. Idealism, on the other hand, is a tradition in which
international relations head towards the concept of freedom, prosperity and peace and progress.
The rise of this ideology was from the assumption that the transformation of international
relations coming from modernization and the other political, social and economic changes that
occurred in the recent centuries.