In Response to the Collapse of the Soviet Union, President

question 20

Multiple Choice

In response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, President George Bush called for a "new world order" where

• A) Russia would join the democratic West in containing communist China.
• B) the United States would serve as policeman for the world.
• C) the U.N. Security Council would assert sovereignty over the rival nation-states.
• D) NATO would guarantee security and peace in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
• E) democracy would reign supreme and diplomacy would replace weaponry.

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