¶ … Russia Matter?
After the fall of the Berlin wall, Russia seemed inconsequential. The crumbling of that wall symbolized the crumbling of the U.S.S.R., or in most Westerners' view, Russia. Prior to the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., Russia loomed large in many people's minds. The threat of a nuclear war was an everyday fear and Russia, it was feared, would be the one to start it. Schoolchildren were made to hide under their desks to drill for the eventual onset of a nuclear war (as if that would offer any protection). Now, however, most Westerners do not ever even think of Russia, much less fear it. Russia has become irrelevant in Westerners' minds. Well, after reading, "Does Russia Matter?" By Paul E. Richardson, it seems that Westerners had better pay attention because the bear can raise its huge head on a number of different issues (Richardson, 2003). Of particular interest is its continuing state of nuclear readiness, its supply of fresh water, and its vast reserve of forestry (Richardson, 2003).
Fall of the Soviet Union: Internal Causes Were to Blame, Not External In December of 1991, as the world watched in sheer perplexity and wonder, the mighty Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate smaller countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a convincing victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the final proof of superiority of capitalism over socialism. The United States rejoiced as
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fall of the Soviet Union the United States has been often described as the world's only remaining super power. Whether this description is accurate or whether it truly matters, is open to debate but how the United States came to the point where it is even a position to be afforded such a distinction is interesting. For a nation that began as thirteen loosely organized colonies and that for
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