Expansion is a struggle for influence
The modern world is getting closer and closer.globalized, countries are competing for different sources of raw materials, for spreading their political and economic models to as many states of the world as possible. The methods and capabilities of participants in a global redistribution of interests are very diverse and depend on a variety of conditions. However, first of all, expansion is an expansion of the sphere of influence in any field of activity.
Expansion methods
This term is very multifaceted and impliesmany possible options. So, we can talk about political, economic, cultural, military expansion. In the years of the Cold War, when the world was bipolar, the expansionist aspirations of both superpowers were to win over as many allies as possible. At the same time, the latter should have taken the point of view of their patrons, their political and economic model. If supporters of the West could vary their systems of views and state models, then supporters of the socialist bloc should strictly follow the instructions of the USSR. One of the main instruments of expansion is the material and financial resources, it was by this method that Western Europe was tied to the political chariot of the United States after the devastating Second World War. The USSR, in order not to lose all its allies, was forced to take similar measures with respect to the countries of Eastern Europe. Thus was created the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and the European market. Economic expansion is a way of manipulating the world order.
Expansionist opposition
Expansion to the market, economic interventions infully accompanied by the consolidation of influence in other important areas. Both the USSR and the USA used a military-political factor to further escalate their influence, which would further strengthen their influence in the world. At the initiative of the United States, NATO arises, later the response of the USSR was the appearance of ATS. These methods of influence allowed the two superpowers to fully control the situation in their zones of influence. Thus, expansion is the desire of one country to impose its will on another in order to achieve its geopolitical interests. The economic model of the Western bloc was more flexible, and dynamically changed under the influence of new factors, while at the Eastern bloc it was cumbersome and cumbersome, which ultimately resulted in the collapse and collapse of the Eastern bloc and the USSR itself.
Modern expansion
