Stalin set up Comecon, as seen in the source, in 1947 which was a key factor that caused relations from 1946 to 1949 get worst between the USA and the USSR because this was set up by Stalin so that the eastern European and communist countries could easily trade between without having to trade with the west. ... A further point for the relations between USA and USSR deteriorating was that at Yalta, they had all agreed on the fate of Eastern Europe in that countries which were under Nazi occupation would now belong to the Soviet 'sphere of influence' and they would have free elections...

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As defined in Lexus and the Olive Tree by international business connoisseur Thomas Friedman, globalization is, "the inexorable integration of markets, nation-states, and technologies to a degree never witnessed before the spread of free-market capitalism to virtually every country in the world-(9). ... When the Cold War ended in 1989 with the falling of the Berlin Wall, not only did Germany unite; globalization was introduced, establishing trade between nations: "Two nations who traffic with each other become reciprocally dependent; for if one has an interest in buying, the other has an inte...

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The Western democracies sought a form of security for international free market; free trade; opportunity and economic competitions. ... The Soviet Union, however, tried control areas it considered vital to its national interest, including much of Eastern Europe With the threat of the Soviet Union no longer existing the U.S. is now free to use unlimited force against almost anyone it may choose. ...

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The importance of trade relations was a major stepping-stone in changing the Australian policies and attitudes to Asia. Australia realized it needed it needed trade relations as the only way to pay for what they imported was to export. ... This change in trade policies was another reason that good relations finally grew between Australia and the rest of Asia. ... When Curtin became allies with the USA this trading partnership broke off and Australia had to look elsewhere. The most obvious place was to Asia and since then our major trading partner became Japan and to this day still is. ...

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As a result of a decline in production in Europe, and the disruption of normal trade relations, 1947 saw the threat of world-wide economic crisis (Hemmling, H D). ... "Its aims were: - to encourage production in general; - to increase trade between countries through removal of restrictions on trade and international payments; - to create and maintain full employment while ensuring internal financial stability." ... "The expansion of trade was important steps on the road to European economic cooperation, which was to end in full economic integration of the countries of Europe. ... An imme...

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Initialized in 1948, the Marshall plan aimed to restore the battle torn European countryside, reinstitute European economy, and open up trade barriers that had been in place for the last 10 years. ... Truman also argued that the United States was compelled to assist "free peoples" in their struggles against "totalitarian regimes," because the spread of authoritarianism would "undermine the foundations of international peace and hence the security of the United States." In the words of the Truman Doctrine, it became "the policy of the United States to support ...

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Therefore, the United States sought free flow of capital and the "open door" economy. ... Some members of the exile government in London to be integrated into the communist Lublin government Stalin promised to hold free elections at the end of hostilities The main issue surrounding this provisional Polish government at the Yalta Conference was its status in determining the country's political future The Soviet Union had occupied parts of Poland ever since 1944. ... Both the American and British delegations wanted to establish a new provisional government until free elections could be ...

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From 1948 onwards, a more or less clear-cut line divided Europe into two main political and military blocs: the communist bloc and the free world of Western Europe, resulting in an almost perfect bipolarity. ... the post-Cold War era: changes in the system Today, we are in a relatively "open" period of history, free from the polarized nature of the Cold War, yet "more than ever each of the four powers has compelling stakes in its relations with the other three. ...

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His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili, was a cobbler, hopping that one day his son will be apprenticed in the same trade; his mother, Yekaterina Geladze Dzhugashvili, worked as a house servant for various upper-class Georgian families. ...

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In 1927, this was bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. ... Since the revolution, trade with the outside world had been severely reduced and the U.S.S.R had to rely almost entirely on its own resources to industrialise. ...

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At the same time, Nixon believed that the Russians could benefit from, and would embrace trade with the U. ... The protection of the American ideal of free persons, pluralism and the defense of liberal democracy had been sacred cows, but these principles had, in part, enmeshed the United States in the protracted and politically and economically disastrous war in Vietnam; the result of which had become a systemic skepticism among conflicting ideologues and an abiding cynicism among the average voter. ...

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The Soviet Union replaced the Western Powers as Eastern Europes primary trading partner. ... Stalin agreed to the publication of the Declaration on Liberated Europe, which stipulated, among other things, that Poland was to have free, democratic elections. ...

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