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it formed the imaginary boundary dividing the East from the West
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the doctrine established a containment policy to halt the Soviet expansion because according to the domino theory, communism could spread quickly from one state to a neighbouring one
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anti-communist operation that gathers, processes and analyzes national security information from around the world
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military support to one another by some North-American and European countries in case of a foreign attack
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the German Federal Republic was democratic with flourishing economy, while the German Democratic Republic was Communist
this division of Germany was finalized for 40 years -
internal security, intelligence and secret police organization of the USSR
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assured mutual defence and assistance within the Eastern Block, led by the USSR
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conference of mainly former colonial countries who refused to join any military co-operation and to contact with either superpowers in order to support national independence and peaceful co-existence
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the proccess of de-Stalinization started then
a new type of foreign policy, the détente was opted, which meant that a war between the two blocks was avoidable and peaceful coexistence was possible -
it was built to prevent the population of the Soviet-controlled East Berlin from escaping to West Berlin, controlled by the Western Allies
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it was a defense initiative of ground and space-based systems to protect the USA
it forced the USSR into an arm race it couldn't finance -
the end of the Cold War was announced
