1- Both countries were using the whole world to test their weapons. Now, Only Americans can do that. The problem is still there...
2- There were some war zones where the two parties fought against each other like Afghanistan, Angola and Nicaragua... The wars continued after USSR left the battle field, making these places more prone to American invasion...
3- Wars in Balkan Area have caused deaths more than all the cold war's victims...
4- The developing countries lived under dictatorships which were loyal to one of the two parties. Fake democracy is now covering those same dictatorships...
5- Globalization became the new enemy of the free people of the World, but the struggle against it is just a group of parties of throwing stones into some poor soldiers, without affecting the heads...
6- The two parties keep claiming that they will decrease their neclear arsenal, while in fact, nothing happens...
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As a result, the World wasn't really affected by the collapse of the USSR...