COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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It served as a key ally for the Soviet Union
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It developed a policy of appeasement
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It became a site of strategic competition between the superpowers
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It allowed the UN to establish the region’s foreign policies
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Detailed explanation-1: -Construction of the Aswan Dam In 1953, Egypt began diplomatic work on funding construction of this huge project. First the United States, then the United Kingdom agreed to finance dam construction, earmarking respectively 56 and 14 million dollars.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States and Britain withdrew their financing for the Aswan Dam after Nasser made several moves that appeared friendly to the communist block, including an arms deal with Czechoslovkaia and recognition of the Chinese Government in Beijing.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Suez Crisis was provoked by an American and British decision not to finance Egypt’s construction of the Aswan High Dam, as they had promised, in response to Egypt’s growing ties with communist Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -Concurrently, U.S. worries about the continued viability of European (particularly British) political and military power in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis prompted the creation of the Eisenhower Doctrine, which gave the administration increased power to aid countries in the region.