Which of the following describes a major problem facing the soviet union near the end of the cold war? a. its command economy could not produce enough necessary goods for its citizens. b. its refusal to support non-european communist parties greatly reduced its international influence. c. its refusal to agree to nuclear nonproliferation led to its dismissal from the united nations. d. its proxy wars had backfired and resulted in foreign invasions of soviet territory.

  A. Its command economy could not produce enough necessary goods for its citizens.

a drastic rise in oil prices ended decades of postwar.

after a more than a decade and a half of combating al qaeda (aq) in afghanistan and pakistan,

the united states faces a diverse array of threats from al qaeda affiliates in the middle east and

africa. while senior al qaeda figures reportedly remain based in pakistan, the network includes

a number of affiliates across the middle east and africa including al qaeda in the arabian

peninsula (aqap), al qaeda in the islamic maghreb (aqim), and al shabaab. al qaeda also

retains a small but possibly growing presence in afghanistan. u.s. officials have stated that al

qaeda still maintains a foothold in syria through its ties to hay’at tahrir al sham (formerly

known as the nusra front), though the exact nature of that relationship may be evolving. this

report examines the threat posed by al qaeda affiliates in the middle east and africa as described

by u.s. officials and outside observers, as well as the u.s. approach to date in responding to these

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