End
of
the
Cold
War
Soviet
Union
• Glasnost
• Perestroika
Eastern
Europe
• Command
economy
stagnates.
(Can’t
keep
up
with
U.S.
spending)
• Arms
race
strains
economy.
(Can’t
keep
up
with
U.S.
spending)
• Afghanistan
provokes
crisis
in
morale.
(Soviet
people
just
want
the
war
to
stop)
•
• Baltic
States
regain
independence.
• Hungary
reforms.
• Poland
embraces
Solidarity.
(Political
Movement)
• East
Germans
flee
to
the
West.
• Ceausescu
is
overthrown
&
executed
in
Romania.
Rest
of
the
World
Gorbachev’s
policies
feed
unrest.
(Soviets
loosen
control
to
see
to
their
own
problems)
• China
pursues
economic
reform.
(Start
to
adopt
capitalist
methods)
• Vietnam
establishes
diplomatic
relations
with
the
United
States.
• Cuban
economy
declines.