Expansion is a struggle for influence
The modern world is becoming ever closer andglobalized, countries compete for various sources of raw materials, for spreading their political and economic models to as many states as possible. The methods and capabilities of the participants in the global redivision of interests are very diverse and depend on a variety of conditions. But first of all expansion is the expansion of the sphere of influence in any field of activity.
Expansion methods
This term is very multifaceted and impliesset of 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 attract as many allies as possible. At the same time, the latter had to take precisely 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 the supporters of the socialist bloc should strictly follow the instructions of the USSR. One of the main tools of expansion are material and financial resources, it is this method that Western Europe was tied to the political chariot of the United States after the devastating World War II. The USSR, in order not to lose all its allies, was forced to take similar measures against the countries of Eastern Europe. Thus, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and the European market were established. Economic expansion is a way of manipulating the world order.
Expansionist confrontation
Expansion to the market, economic intervention infully accompanied by the consolidation of influence in other important spheres. Both the USSR and the US used the 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 emerges, and later the response of the USSR was the appearance of the 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 the other to achieve its geopolitical interests. The economic model of the Western bloc proved to be more flexible, and it changed dynamically under the influence of new factors, while in the eastern bloc it was cumbersome and unwieldy, which ultimately resulted in the collapse and disintegration of the eastern bloc and the USSR itself.
Modern expansion
