How did Gorbachev's 'new thinking' in foreign policy affect the Cold War?

It eased tension with the West and led to agreements to reduce nuclear weapons

What was the crucial change Gorbachev made regarding Eastern Europe?

He said the Soviet Union would no longer use force to keep communist governments in power there

Because people were dissatisfied and knew the Soviet Union would no longer send troops to stop them

Often peacefully, as protests spread country by country

The division of Europe and the Cold War between communist East and democratic West

It showed the Iron Curtain was being torn down and led to the reunification of Germany

The reforms unleashed forces Gorbachev could not control, and by 1991 the Soviet Union broke up

With the Soviet Union gone, the communist superpower that had faced the West for decades no longer existed

Because Gorbachev's reforms, popular discontent and the removal of Soviet force combined to bring it about

Weighing Gorbachev's role against other causes and reaching a justified judgement

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What did Gorbachev's policy of 'glasnost' mean?
What did Gorbachev's policy of 'perestroika' mean?
How did Gorbachev's 'new thinking' in foreign policy affect the Cold War?
What was the crucial change Gorbachev made regarding Eastern Europe?
Why did communism collapse in Eastern Europe in 1989?
How did many of the communist governments of Eastern Europe fall in 1989?
What had the Berlin Wall symbolised?
When was the Berlin Wall opened?
Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall so important?
What happened to the Soviet Union as a result of the reforms?
How did the collapse of the Soviet Union end the Cold War?
Why is it best to explain the end of the Cold War with several connected causes?
In a structured essay on the end of the Cold War, what earns the highest marks?