Cold War-Period Intra-Bloc Conflicts: The Eastern and Western Blocs

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 4, 1 - 29, 04.12.2025

Ahmet Karafil , Yıldırım Turan

Abstract

This study examines the intra-alliance conflicts within the Eastern and Western Blocs during the Cold War, the hegemonic powers’ approaches to these conflicts and the effects of these situations on the functioning of alliances. The research is a literature analysis based on secondary sources, and historical events and developments are examined primarily through academic studies and secondary materials. The study’s main objective is to evaluate the conflict dynamics of the Eastern and Western Blocs and the interventions of the hegemonic powers in these dynamics through a holistic comparison. In this context, it is analysed how the conflict dynamics within both blocs shape alliances’ cohesion and long-term stability. In particular, the strategies of the Soviet Union in the Eastern Bloc to preserve and maintain its hegemony and the policies of the United States in the Western Bloc to establish intra-alliance cohesion and solidarity will be analysed to provide a perspective on the differences between the two blocs. This study examines how intra-alliance conflicts within the Eastern and Western blocs during the Cold War were managed by the hegemonic powers and how these processes affected the cohesion, sustainability and long-term stability of the blocs.

Keywords

Cold War , Western Bloc , Eastern Bloc , Alliance , Conflict

Soğuk Savaş Dönemi Blok İçi Çatışma: Doğu ve Batı Bloku

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Soğuk Savaş döneminde Doğu ve Batı blokları içerisinde meydana gelen ittifak içi çatışmalarını, hegemon güçlerin bu çatışmalara yönelik yaklaşımlarını ve bu durumların ittifakların işleyişi üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektedir. Araştırma, ikincil kaynaklara dayalı bir literatür analizi niteliği taşımakta olup tarihsel olaylar ve gelişmeler, büyük ölçüde akademik çalışmalar ve ikincil kaynaklar aracılığıyla ele alınmıştır. Çalışmanın temel amacı, Doğu ve Batı bloklarının çatışma dinamiklerini ve bu dinamiklere yönelik hegemon güçlerin müdahalelerini bütüncül bir kıyas yoluyla değerlendirmektir. Bu bağlamda, her iki blok içindeki çatışma dinamiklerinin ittifakların uyumunu ve uzun vadeli istikrarını nasıl şekillendirdiği irdelenmektedir. Özellikle Doğu Bloku’nda Sovyetler Birliği’nin hegemonyasını koruma ve sürdürme stratejileri ile Batı Bloku’nda Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin ittifak içi uyum ve dayanışmayı tesis etme politikaları ele alınarak iki blok arasındaki farklılıklara ilişkin perspektif sunulacaktır. Bu çalışma, Soğuk Savaş döneminde Doğu ve Batı blokları içinde yaşanan ittifak içi çatışmaların, hegemon güçler tarafından nasıl yönetildiğini ve bu süreçlerin blokların bütünlüğüne, sürdürülebilirliğine ve uzun vadeli istikrarına nasıl etki ettiğini sorgulamaktadır.

Keywords

Soğuk Savaş , Batı Bloku , Doğu Bloku , İttifak , Çatışma

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