{"id":27968,"date":"2025-03-03T21:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/glossary\/cold-war\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:03:29","slug":"cold-war","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From 1947 to 1991 there was an ideological, political and economic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, without direct confrontation but with proxy wars. The world was divided into two blocs: the capitalist (led by the USA and <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;NATO&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;A politico-military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, founded after World War II in 1949 as an anti-Soviet organisation. It has 31 member states. Any European state that is able to comply with the principles of this treaty and contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area can become a member of NATO. Decisions must be taken unanimously, but each member has the right of veto.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/nato\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">NATO<\/a>) and the communist (led by the USSR and the Warsaw Pact). It was marked by an arms race, the nuclear threat and competition in space. Key events were the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), the Berlin Wall (1961-1989) and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It ended with the collapse of the USSR in 1991.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 1947 to 1991 there was an ideological, political and economic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, without direct confrontation but with proxy wars. The world was divided into two blocs: the capitalist (led by the USA and <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;NATO&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;A politico-military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, founded after World War II in 1949 as an anti-Soviet organisation. It has 31 member states. Any European state that is able to comply with the principles of this treaty and contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area can become a member of NATO. Decisions must be taken unanimously, but each member has the right of veto.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/nato\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">NATO<\/a>) and the communist (led by the USSR and the Warsaw Pact). 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