Amid Cold War tension between the USSR and the USA, Egypts leader Nasser refused to join the Baghdad Pact led by the United States at the height of the US policy of containment. Nasser believed the pact was another form of imperialism and an attempt to keep Arabs dependent on the West. He urged other Arab nations not to join. Nasser was the leader of what movement among nations not wanting to join in the polarizing tension between the USA and USSR?

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

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Amid Cold War tension between the USSR and the USA, Egypt’s leader Nasser refused to join the Baghdad Pact led by the United States at the height of the US policy of containment. Nasser believed the pact was another “form of imperialism and an attempt to keep Arabs dependent on the West". He urged other Arab nations not to join. Nasser was the leader of what movement among nations not wanting to join in the polarizing tension between the USA and USSR?

A	Non-Aligned
B	Zionist
C	Communism
D	ISIS

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Nasser’s Egypt not only actively opposed Israel’s existence-further complicating the Arab-Israeli conflict-but Nasser also joined the Nonaligned Movement, an organization that formed a neutral bloc in the Cold War by not aligning with either superpower.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tensions increased when the U.S. announced they would deploy Pershing II missiles in West Germany, followed by Reagan’s announcement of the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative and were further exacerbated in 1983 when Reagan branded the Soviet Union an “evil empire".

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