Relier Pairs The consecuences of WWIIVersion en ligne The decolonization process par Gehistart Artgeo 1 Historical process that takes place mainly from the Second World War and by which the former colonies of Asia and Africa achieve political independence 2 Bandung Conference 3 State of permanent tension that did not lead to an armed confrontation, by means of a policy of calculated risks 4 It was defined as opposed to the First World (developed capitalist countries), and the Second World (socialist countries) 5 Weakening of Europe Rising costs of maintaining empires Development of nationalist movements in the colonies Rejection of colonialism in European and American public opinion Bandug Conference 6 Bipolar World 7 Misile crisis 8 Reconstruction Assistance Program (Marshall Plan) Union process: EEC (later EU) Welfare State and economic crisis 9 Decolonization of Africa 10 Perestroika and glasnost with M. Gorbachev (political and economic reforms) Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Bloc Democratization of Eastern Europe 11 Decolonization of Near East and Maghreb 12 Decolonization of Asia Decolonization (definition) Evolution of Western Europe The Cold War (definition) Causes of decolonization The Third World (definition) Crumbling of the socialist bloc