冷战结束已有多年，对冷战结束原因的探讨也当提上议事日程。笔者认为，战后持续四十多年，被某些西方学者称为“第三次世界大战”的东西方冷战于９０年代初宣告结束①，原因是多方面的：既有苏美两国政府在各种压力下的政策转向，又有世界和平、民主运动的推动，甚至也不乏作 The cold war has been over for many years and discussions on the reasons for the end of the cold war should also be put on the agenda. The author believes that the Cold War between the East and the West, which was sustained by more than 40 years after the war and was claimed by some western scholars as the “Third World War,” ended in the early 1990s. The reason is that there are many reasons: both the Soviet government and the United States The policy shift under various pressures, as well as the promotion of peace and democracy in the world, and even no shortage of work