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A new world order after the Cold War
Between 1979 and 1991 the communist world cracked, in Europe by revolution and in China by reform from above. This topic follows those changes from Kabul, Gdańsk, Berlin, Moscow and Beijing, and asks what kind of world replaced the Cold War.
In this topic
- 1979: Tehran and Kabul
- Solidarity in Poland
- Gorbachev's gamble
- 1989: the year of revolutions
- Worked example: why did the Soviet Union break apart?
- China takes another road
- Tiananmen Square, 1989
- Worked example: why did China's party survive?
- The wars of Yugoslavia
- A new world order?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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