It appears that the Cold War influenced Africa and Asia to the greatest extent as both continents became the battlefield between the USA and USSR. Both superpowers tried to achieve impact in the new independence nations through military memberships, economical assistance and ideology propagation.

-Africa: Most African nations have turned into mere arenas where the U.S and USSR foster their respective factions to battle out civil wars as illustrated in the drama above through Angola and Ethiopia. This ideological competition led to place instability civil Strife and prolonged Revolution, and coup government. The economic help was not without predicon so that true independence and development in Africa was based on the political need of the west.

-Asia: Both the Korean and Vietnamese war in Asia triggered the decimation in the same region as part of the Cold War. In Asian Realignments, India did not have an ally while Pakistan was captured by the U.S.; Afghanistan became the focus of both sides of a long-term instability.

In essence, the Cold War deepened regional proliferation and conflicts; it also formed political systems and development orientations of these regions.