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The collapse of the Soviet Union was a turning point in the global political development during the twentieth century, which led to radical transformations in all political, economic and military interactions. And the same variables appeared in international conflict, because they were always determined in the light of the structure of the international system and the power relations prevailed. However, the collapse of the polar system of led to generate new sources of international conflict at many levels, The collapse of the USSR put an end to the need for global approaches to security, which represented a vital requirement in the permit and competition between strategic opponents, that are able to move across the world.” therefore, this situation has led to the loss and the collapse of mechanism for stability, and adjusting the conflicts, which were developed by the two major powers during the cold war under their readjustment to all regional conflicts in the world according to their central ideological aim, which has control over the contradictions of the economic interests within the system of global capitalism, for the aim of focusing on the extension of the Soviet military. Moreover, the restrain of the Soviets on the ethnic divisions within the country and in Eastern Europe, as well as containing many third world conflicts and reduce the likelihood of any conflict escalation, because of the possibilities of including the super-powers “the USSR and the USA” themself to all-out confrontation.” This situation has resulted in the emergence of many challenges in the international environment, as by the end of the cold war as a diversity of sources of International conflict has emerged, to return to the phenomenon of multiple...

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