Gorbachev and the Third World

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Gorbachev and the Third World

• Conclusions

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Conclusions

• Internal problems at home reforms
• new thinking affected Third World policy also
• Relations must be mutually beneficial
• Superpower tensions down so could try and reduce
  hot spots

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Conclusions

• Afghanistan
• Angola
• Central America
• Soviet-Cuban relations massively altered
• Ended the Cold War but also the Soviet Union