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Question

Discuss the fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, and a new global configuration that emerged in the contemporary era moving into the future.

What was the process and trajectory of the decline of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc starting in the late 1940s? What were the key flaws and weaknesses in the Soviet Union and their communist allies? What were the driving factors and developments in the 1980s that began the final decent and eventual break-up of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries? What emerged in Russian and Eastern Europe in the place of communism, and what were the problems moving into the new century? Concerning the current era, what are the key trends and concerns moving into the future from now? Explain.