Premier of the Soviet Union

United States (US) and Russia had a meeting in Paris to deal with global problems. These two countries had a bad alliance, but for the sake of dealing with worldwide issues, they tried to be better acquaintances. Unfortunately, on May 1, 1960, the Soviets shot down an American U-2 spy plane, known as the U-2 Crisis. Ultimately, the U-2 Crisis worsened the relationship between the United States and Russia, as it escalated the intensity of the Cold War. This crisis ended the idea of these two…

tells everyone on base to get rid of their radios because the Soviets will use them to spread propaganda. The airplanes flying at their fail-safe points receive their orders of attack by way of a three-letter code. This is the first major issue involving communication. No one knows the code, but General Ripper. He is the only person who can call off the attack and get the bombers to fly back to America without attacking the Soviet Union. The opening scene of the film is the only telephone…

Americans to address the nation on the events taking place. Kennedy informed the nation of the Soviet nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba. The fourteen- day phenomenon sent the United States government into a scramble to decide what they were to do, and how to go about doing so. The President took immediate action calling upon the CIA and Secretary of Defense, Communicating directly with the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, Kennedy’s own view on peace, and eventually an official trade…

When World War Two came to a close, the Soviet Union turned quickly from a wartime friend to a massive threat in the eyes of the United States and its allies. The Americans and the British were concerned due to the Soviets establishing left wing governments in eastern Europe. Their fear was that the Soviets would not stop at any point, leaving Communist parties rising to power against the democratic nations of Western Europe and beyond. The Soviet Union had been successful in taking over many…

the 1953 Iranian Coup d’état was successful from a geopolitical perspective. We will sift through multiple historical accounts weighing the pros and cons of and the repercussions of the 1953 coup, the benefits, and the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Additionally we will review two CIA documents: the first, a synopsis events before and during TPAJAX, “The Wilber Report” written by Donald Wilber who was one of the lead agents in Iran during the Coup; and lastly the CIA's internal…

96.7 percent of the voters supported secession. However, Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union do not consider this vote to be valid. This referendum only had two options: Become part of Russia or work towards independence (Yuhas). Therefore voters were not given much of an option, and voting could be considered invalid. Despite this, Vladimir…

Broadly speaking, the US – Russian disarmament talks have continued in the same cold war relationship dynamics between the United States and Soviet Union. The brief interlude of the Yeltsin years was an exception. As soon as Putin took over the helms of Russia, the old cold war dynamics of mistrust and paranoia have come to the fore again. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 underscored the need for responsible nuclear leadership and was a precursor to the détente. During the early Strategic Arms…

between the axis powers, which were Germany, Italy, and Japan. Many nations fought against the axis power such as, Lebanon, San Marino, Belgium, Egypt, Liberia, Saudi Arabia, Bolivia, El Salvador, Luxembourg, South Africa, Brazil, Ethiopia, Mexico, Soviet Union, Canada, France, Mongolian People 's Republic, Syria, Chile, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. Whilst these nations fought against the axis powers a plethora of events were…

acute, autoimmune diseases, infant mortality rates, bacteria-born infectious diseases, and etc. that created a major outbreak in community’s survival and wellbeing, affecting “…40 million people”. Interestingly, Micklin traces the disaster back to the Soviet military practice of 1950s through 1990 that allocated Aral Sea’s Vozrozhdenie Island as a main testing site of its biological weapons (11,…

strategic context or what they deem as important. For example, the Soviet Union attempted to place nuclear weapons on Cuba to gain an advantage over the United States. This was a strategic factor for the United States because, first, their national culture was already convinced the Soviets could not be trusted. Second, policies were in place to try to contain the Soviet-led idea of Communism, which only spurned the anti-Soviet American culture even more. Third, in response to the possible…