Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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+ | Le Nouvel Observateur: You do not regret having fostered [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamist fundamentalism]], having armed and advised future terrorists? | ||
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+ | [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]]: What is more important for [[world history]]? The [[Taliban]] or the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union |fall of the Soviet empire]]? A few hot-headed Islamists or the liberations of Eastern Europe and the end of the [[Cold War]]? | ||
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+ | Le Nouvel Observateur: A few hotheads? But let us say it once more: Islamic fundamentalism today represents a global threat. | ||
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+ | Zbigniew Brzezinski: Nonsense. They say that the West ought to have a global policy for dealing with Islamism. That’s stupid: there is no global Islamism. | ||
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+ | --''[[Le Nouvel Observateur]]'' interview, January 15, 1998 | ||
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+ | The '''[[Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] (USSR)''' was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991 by declaration № 142-H of the [[Soviet of Nationalities|Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]]. | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Breakup of Yugoslavia]] | ||
+ | * [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] | ||
+ | * [[German reunification]] | ||
+ | * [[History of Russia (1992–present)]] | ||
+ | * [[History of the Soviet Union (1982–1991)]] | ||
+ | * [[Predictions of Soviet collapse]] | ||
+ | * [[Yugoslav Wars]] | ||
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Le Nouvel Observateur: You do not regret having fostered Islamist fundamentalism, having armed and advised future terrorists? Zbigniew Brzezinski: What is more important for world history? The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet empire? A few hot-headed Islamists or the liberations of Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War? Le Nouvel Observateur: A few hotheads? But let us say it once more: Islamic fundamentalism today represents a global threat. Zbigniew Brzezinski: Nonsense. They say that the West ought to have a global policy for dealing with Islamism. That’s stupid: there is no global Islamism. --Le Nouvel Observateur interview, January 15, 1998 |
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991 by declaration № 142-H of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
See also
- Breakup of Yugoslavia
- Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
- German reunification
- History of Russia (1992–present)
- History of the Soviet Union (1982–1991)
- Predictions of Soviet collapse
- Yugoslav Wars