Rules:
No current events To discourage off-topic discussions of current events, questions, answers and all other comments must be confined to events that happened 20 years ago or more (1994 or older).
This means that your question would almost undoubtedly be newer than 1994, since the Cold War is only said to have ended in the early 90s or late 80s. You may do better to ask in /r/AskSocialScience or /r/Ask_Politics.