Post-Cold War
Definition
Post-Cold War refers to the period after the end of the Cold War, which was a state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc from 1947 to 1991.
Analogy
Imagine if two top students were always competing for grades (Cold War). Then one day, they stop competing because one moves away or changes schools. Now everyone else can relax a bit more because that intense rivalry is over - this is what it felt like when we moved into the post-Cold War era.
Related terms
Globalization: A process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. This process accelerated after the end of Cold War.
NATO Expansion: After Cold war ended NATO expanded its membership with inclusion of several countries from Eastern Europe who were earlier part of Warsaw Pact under Soviet Influence.
Unipolarity: A distribution of power where there is one superpower dominating over all other nations. USA emerged as such superpower after collapse USSR marking beginning post-cold war era.
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