The United States and Russia: Cooperation and Counterterrosim
Journal: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year: 2019

The end of the Second World War saw the emergence of a bipolar world led by two superpowers with contrasting ideologies. The United States represented the West, championing democracy and capitalism, while the Soviet Union represented the East, championing a totalitarian regime and communism. Tensions peaked with the onset of the Cold War in the 1950s, a period defined by a climate of intense fear and mistrust. The fall of the Soviet Union in December 1991 signified the end of communism in Russia