Foreign Relations Of The Soviet Union
At its founding, the Soviet Union was considered a pariah by most governments because of its communism, and as such was denied diplomatic recognition by most states. Less than a quarter century later, the Soviet Union not only had official relations with the majority of the nations of the world, but had actually progressed to the role of a superpower.
By 1945, the USSR — a founding member of the United Nations — was one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, giving it the right to veto any of the Security Council's resolutions (see Soviet Union and the United Nations). During the Cold War, the Soviet Union vied with the United States for geopolitical influence; this competition was manifested in the creation of numerous treaties and pacts dealing with military alliances and economic trade agreements, and proxy wars.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed Soviet foreign policy. Andrei Gromyko was Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs for nearly thirty years.
Read more about Foreign Relations Of The Soviet Union: Ideology and Objectives of Soviet Foreign Policy, Before World War II, The 1970s Onwards, Gorbachev and After
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