| Cold War | |
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| 05 November 1948 – 25 December 1993 (45 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days) Part of the Post-WWIII era | |
 Map of the Cold War in 1985. NATO, United Commonwealth and allies, Athens Pact, Germany and allies and Non-aligned states. | |
| Result • Dissolution of the United Commonwealth and the formation of the Commonwealth of Nations • Reform of NATO into the Utrecht Protocol • Rise of China, Columbia and other emerging powers • Multipolarization of the World • Jerusalem Accords and major reforms in the structure of the Society of Nations |
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United Commonwealth and Germany and their respective allies, the Western Bloc, and the Eastern Bloc. There isn't a full consensus between historians on whether the war started, but most historians agree that it started during the last stages of the Greek Civil War, and it formally ended with the dissolution of the United Commonwealth as a proper state. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting between the two superpowers, instead supporting regional conflicts known as proxy wars. The conflict was based around the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by the two blocs.
The Western Bloc was led by the United Commonwealth and as well as other European, American, African and Oceanian nations that were liberal democratic, but sometimes tied with a network of authoritarian regimes supported by the bloc. The Eastern Bloc was led by Germany, the Athens Pact, and their allies, funding revolutions across the world. There is also considered a third bloc, the Non-Aligned Bloc, an umbrella term for nations who proclaimed neutrality during the Cold War. The Bloc was often led by Brazil, China and Russia, with its main organization being the Non-Aligned Movement. Most of the colonies that achieved independence during that period became battlefields in the Cold War, although some of them would join the Non-Aligned Bloc.
Beginning of the Cold War and the Davies Doctrine[]
Open hostility and escalation[]
From confrontation to Westpolitik[]
New Cold War[]
Final years[]
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