The New World Order Foreshadowed by the Iran War

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The Ronald Reagan administration, which took office in the 1980s amidst the ongoing Cold War with the Soviet Union, carried out various secret operations to weaken the power of its adversaries. At the time, CIA Director William Casey focused on oil as the key factor that could bring down the Soviet Union. As oil was a core source of revenue, the Soviet Union was able to barely maintain its regime thanks to the high oil prices of the 1970s, even …