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was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961
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The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan.
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The trade programs known collectively as the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) remain vital elements in U.S. economic relations with our neighbors in Central America and in the Caribbean. The CBI is intended to facilitate the economic development and export diversification of the Caribbean Basin economies.
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Was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986.
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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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The Soviet Union came to an end.
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The Soviet Union's first McDonald's fast food restaurant opens in Moscow.
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The German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany) to form the reunited nation of Germany
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was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War
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First president of the Russian federation.