of it, the causes of war really have not changed at all, or at least very little. Rather than changes,

there has been a shift in the causes. The cause of war which has dominated the last 50 years

was the cause of ideology. However, due to the recent end of the Cold War, this cause of war,

has significantly declined and is almost trivial.

The causes of war have shifted from mainly ideological ones to economic, ethnic and others.

Although these reasons have always played a role as causes of war throughout history, they

were in the last 50 years overshadowed by the cause of ideology. Now, with ideology not on

top of the agenda anymore, these causes have regained their importance.

After the second World War the world was dominated by two superpowers; the USA and the

USSR. The Cold War was a result of this division of power and of the important policy of

spheres of influence. In the post WWII-era the Americans thought that the Russians were

aiming to incorporate Western Europe (the US & British sphere of influence) into their sphere of

influence (Eastern Europe) by supporting the communists in these countries. Their fears

Korea and Vietnam, where the US feared a communist government to take over instead of a

the fact that Castro was in power was sufficient reason for them to be enraged, and they tried

to its internal problems with which it seems unable to cope with. There is a tremendous high

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