Evaluate the extent to which ideological rivalries between Western countries and the Soviet bloc led to political instability or conflict in
Asia in the period 1945–1989.

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Beginning in the early 1970s, the Soviet regime proclaimed a policy of détente and sought increased economic cooperation and disarmament negotiations with the West. However, the Soviet stance on human rights and its invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 created new tensions between the two countries.

Explanation:

the anwser is a) to prevent military conflict