According to a report compiled by PRIO in 2016, there is also a downwards trend for interstate conflicts while the trend for intrastate conflicts is generally rising. Overall, the number of armed conflict occurrences in the post–Cold War era has decreased. There has also been a shift in the trends in armed conflicts. In the Post–Cold War era, the international system is relatively peaceful with no major wars between competing world powers. This war was the last large-scale confrontation among the world’s great powers. The Cold War ended in the 1990s with the fall of the Soviet Union. ![]() While the War never escalated into direct conflict, the tension, as well as the proxy wars initiated by both sides, caused this period to be considered as a major war. More Proxy Wars Initiated by either The USA or The USSR These actions then led a war to break out between the two sides, leaving Korea divided for decades after the end of Cold War. However, when the Cold War emerged, the USSR intended to spread communism into Korea and the United States countered this action as part of the containment policy. Both sides were supposed to withdraw from Korea when the nation was deemed fit to self-rule. At the end of World War II, the southern part of Korea was liberated from Japanese occupation by American troops and the North by Soviet forces, dividing Korea into two sides at the 38 th parallel. Ī prominent example of the proxy wars in the Cold War era is the Korean War, which started in 1950 and ended in 1953. Proxy wars in this era refer to armed conflicts instigated by the major powers, USA and USSR, which are fought between regional states which are supported by the superpower states. Instead, the two opposing nations competed against each other in a series of proxy wars. The term “cold” was used because despite the intense conflict between the two sides, no “hot” wars or direct armed conflicts happened during this period of time. The Cold War refers to the state of tension between two major superpowers, the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), after the world wars. This emergence of democratic states in the post-Cold War era has influenced international relations dynamics and has led to receding number of major conflicts between great powers in the world. These states, much like the majority of other states in the world, have also adopted a democratic system to replace the former authoritarian system. After that, the fall of the Soviet Union marked the fall of communism in the international sphere as well as the rise of independent states that used to be part of the union. Following the world wars, the world saw the fall of colonialism and the rise of young democratic sovereign states. The proposition of the Democratic Peace Theory states that democratic states do not go to war against each other and can be used to explain the relatively peaceful international system in the post–Cold War era due to the lack of major powers war. Hence, in an era where democracy is the dominant system in the world, the frequency of major power war has diminished. ![]() This is because the values embedded in liberal democratic framework actively support the promotion of peace, various attributes and practices of democratic states also factor in the process of maintaining peace. The emergence of liberal democratic states make the essay of Perpetual Peace, Kant that stated to attain peace, states must first be democratic. The international system is currently in a long peace era after the Cold War there are no major power wars with devastating effects. The structure of a democratic state also makes it harder for the head of the state to declare war. The phenomenon of the USA that become the sole world super power makes liberal ideology and democracy also hold strong influence in the international sphere. The emergence of democratic states in the post–Cold War era has influenced international relations dynamics and has led to receding number of major conflicts between great powers in the world, and after the dissolution of the USSR, it impacted the international system in several ways. Raih Q1, Journal of ASEAN Studies menjadi salah satu jurnal terbaik untuk studi Asia Tenggara.
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