1. What were the short-term economic and social effects of the black market in the USSR? Can you envision what the long-term consequences might be?
2. What is the legacy of the NPT? Was the NPT a useful tool during the Cold War? Should the NPT a useful tool during the Cold War? Should the NPT be maintained or abolished now that the Cold War is over?
3. Why use the CIA to intervene in Latin American affairs instead of the U.S. military or political diplomacy?
4. How much of the “Space Race” do you think was political or ideological, and how much was strategic?
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4.Politically, space race eased the tense relationship between the two superpowers. Ideological, this is a space competition between the democratic United States and the Soviet Union. The United States wants to win this competition, want to be the first country to land on the moon, represent the entire planet, and consolidate their social status, This is their strategy and they also succeeded.
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1. The soviet-produced goods were low quality, so people turned to the ridiculously expensive black market to purchase imports from the west,
not only did the black market take money out of the Soviet economy, it led to a growing division between pool people and rich people. In fact, a huge amount of money was diverted to military spending, So they don’t have enough money to make high-quality products. If they can organize their economic output well, then they can overcome the problem.
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2. Legacy of the NPT has stopped the proliferation of nuclear weapons to prevent nuclear war. The NPT is a useful tool during the Cold War, it’s can take measures to safeguard the security of peoples, so, the NPT should be maintained or abolished now that the Cold War is over.
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3. Because the United States remained directly involved in Latin American politics throughout the Cold War, but generally in a covert financial aid and the activities of the CIA,.
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