NATO and Warsaw pact
Formation of NATO
- Reaction to the Berlin Blockade
- Headquarters in Brussels
- Attack by Russia was seen as an attack on the entire organization
- First military action taken in 1994 in Bosnia
Formation of Warsaw
- Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance
- In reaction to a remilitarized-West Germany joining NATO
- Dissolved in June of 1991 after the collapse of the former Soviet Union
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Buffer Zones and Satellite States
- Friendly states that separate hostile nations
- North Korea between China and Russia
- Eastern Bloc countries between Russia and west Europe
- Satellite states for Russia include Poland, Hungary, Romania etc