Geography 2142A/B Lecture Notes - New International Economic Order, Berlin Wall, Geopolitics
19 Mar 2014
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Cold war effects on the third world: end of an era. Foundation of the commonwealth of independent states (1992) Berlin wall: divided germany in west germany and east germany. Walls surrounding both parts; there were checkpoints around the area. The berlin wall, symbol of a divided europe, was breached on 9 november 1989. Most of decolonization happened in the 1970s, right in the middle of the cold war. Less developed countries strategically located received large quantities of western assistance during the cold war. Some countries have valuable resources and western countries take advantage of that. Food aid was not given to the most needy in sub-saharan africa. For strategic purposes food aid was given to poland, yugoslavia, israel, and egypt. Symbolically the creation of third world occurs after 1945 (beginning of cold war) Africa, asia, and the americas were divided into colonies.
