Review:
Warsaw Pact
overall review score: 2.5
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The Warsaw Pact was a political and military alliance formed in Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in response to the creation of NATO.
Key Features
- Formed in 1955
- Modeled after NATO
- Included Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania
- Dissolved in 1991
Pros
- Provided a sense of security for member states
- Served as a counterbalance to NATO
Cons
- Limited individual sovereignty of member states
- Contributed to tensions with the West during the Cold War