THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION

AMERICA

• New world superpower.
• Rejection of parts of American
• culture around the world.
• Failure to gain as much
• from the fall of the USSR.

EUROPEAN UNION

• Made more powerful.
• Gained more resources and
• economical power from Russia.
• Exporting and importing was
• easier due to greater unity.

CHINA

• Gained the most from the
• fall of the Soviet union.
• Altered its view on communism
• and resulted in an altered
• economic model.

THE MIDDLE EAST

• Increase in Islamic nationalism.
• Moscow kept a central role
• in limiting hostility and terror attacks.
• The fall of the USSR caused some
• aggression in some extremist groups.

PROXY WARS

• Many developing countries were
• relying upon Russia and America
• for support in their wars.
• The sudden withdrawal caused
• immense suffering for these nations.

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