| He also lists the numerous combat actions in which the United States became involved after the fall of the Soviet Union. |
| The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the reemergence of independent states across Central Asia. |
| However, among the Abkhaz and Ossetians, tension and radical nationalism after the disintegration of the Soviet Union led to civil wars. |
| It is long past time that we readjusted our defensive lines overseas to reflect the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
| Peace in Europe during the Cold War rested on two pillars that made up the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| Only in the years since the Soviet Union broke up has the destruction of European Jewry won widespread acknowledgment in Russia. |
