INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF

THE ASIA PACIFIC DURING THE

COLD WAR
Dr. Mohamad Ikhram Ridzuan
◦“There are two priority tasks for US foreign
policy. The first of these is to meet effectively
the threat of overt military aggression by the
Communist bloc countries. The second
priority task is to promote the evolution of a
world in which threats to our security and
way of life are less likely to arise”.
◦ From A Proposal: Key to an Effective
Foreign Policy by Max Millikan and Walt
Rostow (1957). [Rostow was an economist
who was a defence policy adviser to President
Eisenhower from 1954
MEANING OF COLD WAR:
● In economic terms it aimed at expansion of capitalism on a global scale;
politically, it aimed at the development of highly centralised state;
● Militarily it was preoccupied with nuclear arms race.
● Ideological conflict between US capitalism and Soviet communism.
● Due to ideological differences each super power had developed
misperceptions about the others motives and policies. Each perceived its
own action as virtuous and other malicious. Therefore, cold war was
rooted in the psychological factors and misperceptions, and ideological
factor became secondary.
KRONOLOGI KE ARAH BERLAKU
PERANG DINGIN?
- Pada akhir 1944, kemenangan pihak bersekutu iaitu Amerika Syarikat, Great Britain, Kesatuan Soviet dan Perancis dalam
peperangan dengan pihak Jerman di Eropah telah dikenalpasti . Hal ini kerana situasi dan keadaan Jerman semakin lemah dan
mudah dikalahkan.
- Walaupun ketiga-tiga kuasa besar ketika itu iaitu AS, GB, dan KS berlainan ideologi tetapi mereka bergabung bersama
membentuk Pakatan dalam mengalah Jerman (musuh yang sama) iaitu kemaraan kuasa Jerman dan Itali di benua Eropah dan
kuasa Jepun di rantau Asia Pasifik.
- Apabila Perang Dunia Kedua hampir tamat, tiga buah kuasa utama cuba mencari asas baharu bagi hubungan masa depan
mereka. Presiden Roosevelt dari Amerika Syarikat berpendapat bahawa hubungan rapat antara tiga buah negara semasa Perang
Dunia Kedua harus dijadikan asas kepada Kerjasama yang baik selepas berakhirnya Perang Dunia Kedua.
 Antara Intipati Persidangan:

PERSIDANGAN ◦
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Berlangsung pada bulan Februari 1945.
Bersetuju pembahagian sementara Jerman kepada empat bahagian iaitu
Amerika Syarikat, Kesatuan Soviet, GB dan Perancis.

YALTA ◦
◦
Peperangan dan usaha dalam menentang dan menghancurkan Jepun.
Persatuan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu ditubuhkan dengan menggantikan Liga
Bangsa-Bangsa. Didominasi oleh AS, KS, GB, Perancis dan China.