Power Disparity and External Threats: The Patterns of Soviet Union’s Alliance Behaviors

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220504.531How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Soviet Union; Alliance; Cold War

Abstract

This Paper Introduces The Cases Of The World Anti-Fascist Alliance During The Second World War And Sino-Soviet Alliance During The Cold War During The Cold War As Examples And Gives Close Examinations. By Examining The Two Cases And Studying The Establishment And Collapse Of Other Soviet-Led Alliances, The Following Patterns Are Discovered. The Wider The Power Gap Between Soviet Union And Its Potential Allies Became, The Less Likely The Alliance Was To Form. And The Existence Of An Imminent Threat Would Prompt The Soviet Union To Align With Other States To Counter The Threats. This Essay Wishes To Explore The Regular Patterns Of The Alliance Behaviors Of The Soviet Union And Proposes a Theoretical Framework That Could Be Applied To Explain The Alliance Behaviors Of The Soviet Union During The Ww2 And Cold War Period. Two Important Factors Are Mentioned: The Power Disparity And The Existence Of The Imminent Threat.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wencong Yu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/01
TI  - Power Disparity and External Threats: The Patterns of Soviet Union’s Alliance Behaviors
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2929
EP  - 2934
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.531
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.531
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