BY: COLONEL (ret) MAHMOUD ABBAS (UEEF - INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT)
RFS DIGEST, JULY 2044 EDITION
INTRODUCTION
Perhaps when one discusses on one of the most turbulent era in humanity history, one can never escape from reviewing the final decade of twentieth century CE, a period known to most as Global Civil War.
Much documentation on this very era has been published prior to this very article, whereby the author wishes for the readers not to rely solely on information contain herein. The purpose of this article is to provide readers with various insights during the much-debated era of humankind prior to the First Robotech War.
POST COLD WAR
Shortly after the devastation following Second World War in 1945 CE, the world is divided into two different ideological Bloc, the democratic states - driven by its capitalistic economy headed by United States of America (USA) & her allies in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), while the communist states headed by United Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR) & her allies within the Warsaw Pact (in extension, People's Republic of China).
The Cold War lasts for almost four decades mark by rapid militarization programmes & developments by both parties. The capitalist nations are going through economic success, meanwhile the communist blocs are known for their over-bloated military forces. Several wars are fought indirectly, mainly through proxies, with arms supplied by both parties namely in the incessant Arab-Israeli Wars in 1960s - 1970s. The USA suffers horrendous setback in her military campaign in Vietnam against the Communist North Vietnam that in turn aided with military assistance by USSR. The USSR later suffers the same fate in 1980s during her decade long campaign in Afghanistan at the hands of local resistance fighters, Mujaheddins who are supplied with US weaponry. The rot begins to set in USSR as she struggles to maintain her perilous economy against the ever-demanding military needs in the futile Afghanistan campaign.
In the Middle East, a decade long war of attrition between Iraq (supplied by Western powers) & Iran (supplied by People's Republic of China) shows no signs of abating as Iraq begins to unleash its chemical arsenals against Iranian forces & citizens - even Iraq's own dissident Kurds minorities. The situation later is brought under control through United Nations (UN) - an influential world body at that time - brokered peace truce, however after the death tolls climb to more than 1 million lives on both side.
Following the reunification of East & West Germany in 1989 CE, Cold War finally come to end as USSR begin to crumble from within upon which many of its former republics declare independence. The democratic, but much weaker, Republic of Russia (CIS) is no longer viewed by her former nemesis as a threat to the world.
