Policy and Complex Systems
Figure 4 : Dissolution of the Soviet global alliance
( a ) Initial system prior to the formation of global alliances with 1 S , 2 S
, 3 S and for the Soviet part and the Far East countries , 4 N , 5 N
, 6 N for Western Europe countries and 7 I for the intermediary countries of Eastern Europe . All bonds are the historical ones . The negative propensities are highlighted with bright blue .
( b ) The Soviet S and the opposing NATO N global alliances have induced interactions that stabilized the system into two opposing coalitions { 1 S
, 2 S , 3 S
, 7 I } and { 4 N
, 5 N , 6 N
}. The globally induced interactions are highlighted in green bold font .
( c ) As a result of the Soviet alliance ’ s dissolution , the countries of the former Soviet coalition turn back to the initial negative propensities . Intermediary countries served as “ isolators ” between the two former opponent coalitions . Later , the country gradually joined the N-coalition adjusting to their best configuration . The fluctuations of the former Soviet countries do not affect the stable N-coalition where the cooperative character of the interactions has persisted . The outcome is a semi-stable system .
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