The Cold War and the period of détente Causes and consequences in the bipolar international system

Authors

  • Patricio Villegas Hernández Jefe de la Oficina Consular del Ecuador en El Salvador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/ccs.v4i1.6025

Keywords:

distension, Cold War, superpower, Estados Unidos, Unión Soviética, containment

Abstract

During the second half of the 20th century, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in an arms race that seriously threatened world security. Given the urgent need to reduce tensions and generate conditions of mutual trust in the framework of the Cold War, relations between the two superpowers experienced a period of relaxation, characterized
mainly due to the configuration of bilateral relations that modified the international dynamics and favored cordial treatment, commitment and mutual cooperation. The predicted situation determined a reconsideration of the foreign policy of the two great powers in the framework of a struggle for the predominance of one system over another. Said reconsideration
politics impacted Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, evidencing ulterior interests of the two superpowers on the great world board.

Author Biography

Patricio Villegas Hernández, Jefe de la Oficina Consular del Ecuador en El Salvador

Career diplomat
Master in International Relations and International Negotiations

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Published

2022-08-25

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Ciencia, Cultura y Sociedad

Section

Artículos de investigación

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