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Conservatism:
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A general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conservatism
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Bipolarity:
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Bipolarity is a distribution of power in which two states have the majority of economic, military, and cultural influence internationally or regionally. Often, spheres of influence would develop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarity_(international_relations)
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Mirrowpolicy:
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Every act that the other country do the opponent will try to imitate. Notes
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MAD:
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Military theory of nuclear deterrence holding that neither side will attack the other if both sides are guaranteed to be totally destroyed in the conflict. http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/glossary/g/glmad.htm
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Soviet Block:
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The communist nations closely allied with the Soviet Union, including Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, whose foreign policies depended on those of the former Soviet Union. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soviet+bloc
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Satellitescountries
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A Satellite State is a political term that refers to a country or nation that was formally independent, but is now politically and economically influenced by another country. The term is often used to reference the Soviet Empire, Soviet Satellite States, or Eastern Bloc.
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WesternBlock
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The Soviets wanted to over take each one of the nations that they had helped. Some small European countries did not agree with this and they became what is known as NATO. The United States and the countries of NATO joined together and formed what is known as the Western Bloc.
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Social-Democracy
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Social democracy, political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism using established political processes. Based on 19th-century socialism and the tenets of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, social democracy shares common ideological roots with communism but eschews its militancy and totalitarianism. Social democracy was originally known as revisionism because it represented a change in basic Marxist doctrine, primarily
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ChristianDemocracy
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Christian democracy, political movement that has a close association with Roman Catholicism and its philosophy of social and economic justice. It incorporates both traditional church and family values and progressive values such as social welfare. For this reason, Christian democracy does not fit squarely in the ideological categories of left and right. It rejects the individualist worldview that underlies both political liberalism and laissez-faire economics, and it recognizes the need for the state to intervene in the economy to support communities and defend human dignity.
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Centre-left
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The centre-left or moderate left is an adherence to views leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left-right political spectrum than other left-wing variants. Centre leftists, such as social democrats or social liberals, believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice.
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