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End of The Cold War Changes (Eastern Europe (Political (Gorbachev wins the…
End of The Cold War Changes
Eastern Europe
Social
Gorbachev stopped sending military support. This was a main cause of why the Cold War ended.
Gorbachev lost his grip on the Communist Party and ethnic tensions took hold. This caused the Soviet Union to start breaking up. In order to solve this issue, the soviet republics moved for complete independence.
Economic
Vladimir Putin created a lot of corruption, brought more reforms and tried to revolutionize the western economy.
Boris Yeltsin introduced a free market economy. This meant that there is no taxes on trading goods and this created a huge problem for the economy.
Political
Gorbachev wins the election in 1985 which ended the Cold War to due his plan called Perestroikq, this was restructuring of the economy that was introduced by Gorbachev.
Democracy took hold in Czechoslovakia changing the government and Romania also formed a new government.
Boris Yeltsin became the president of Russia in 1991. He created many issues in his presidency and Vladimir Putin was elected in 2000 and has been the president ever since.
Western Europe
Political
The European Union (EU) was formed in 1933. Its purpose is to enhance Europe's political, social and economic aspects.
Social
Germany reunified in 1990, symbolized by tearing down the Berlin Wall.
France faced many issues as resentment grew against the foreign-born residents who were mainly the muslims.
Economic
Leaders faced economic challenges during the end of the 20th century.
The economic union formed in 1993. Seventeen years later, they established the Euro in 2010 which is Europes current money system.
South/Central America
Economic
Mexico had struggled with poverty and unemployment because they attempted to create a democracy and failed to do so.
Education and economic growth has lost such a huge gap between rich and poor.
Political
In Mexico, the PRI was the only choice in election for 70 yeas so Vincent Fox and the National Action Party defeated it for presidency.
Left-wing governments have gained popularity as Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay have elected populist.
Social
There has been a huge issue in Mexico with violent drug trade which have created various other issues.
Africa
Social
In Africa South of The Sahara has had a widespread of concern about AIDS and Poverty. Religion has led to violence also.
Economic
In Africa South of The Sahara, organizations formed to work toward political and economic integration throughout Africa.
Political
The nations are racked with problems such as having such a new and young government due to more than half of Egypt's 80 million people being under the age of 25.
East Asia
Social
The one-child policy was adopted because population had rapidly increased, but now because of this, there are less younger people that can work and working conditions have decreased affecting economic issues.
Ecomonic
Rapid growth rates led to predictions that China would become an economic superpower and rapid growth led to low salaries which ended up leading to labor unrest.
Political
After Mao sought to modernize China's industry, agriculture, technology and national defense, there was a new government that was created.
Communism still held strong despite calls for reform.
Middle East
Social
North Africa faced ethnic tension and efforts at peace between Israel and Palestine continued to fall.
Economic
North Africa faced high unemployment, growing poverty rates, and poor education. The countries have pushed for economic growth.
Political
Iran enforced strict beliefs to the Islamic law that limited basic rights and signed a nuclear deal with other powerful countries that limited development and allowed more oversight into its nuclear program.
North Africa faced political instability and limited civil liberties.
North America
Social
The culture has took a drastic spread throughout the country and has formed their own style of language and culture.
Economic
When Reagan was president, he produced budget defects. Budget defects occur when the government spends more than it collects in revenues.
Political
Politics is the US changed a lot as the Cold War ended. R. Reagan was the current president and by the end of the war, the wall was torn down.
South and Southeast Asia
Social
North Korea's nuclear weapons programs caused tensions between North and South Korea, along with other countries.
Economic
In Japan, the economy had a huge decline facing slow economic growth and deflation. The country is still recovering from the huge earthquake that caused a tsunami in 2010 which weakened the economy.
South Korea has the 3rd strongest economy in Asia, unlike North Korea where they struggle a lot and don't even have electricity.
Political
North Korea remained isolated under a military dictatorship