Which alliance was dissolved after the end of the Cold War?

• A. NATO
• B. SEATO
• C. Warsaw Pact
• D. ANZUS

Answer: (C)

When the Cold War ended, the security structures that divided East from West began to break apart. The alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies, known as the Warsaw Pact, was dissolved in 1991. It had been created in 1955 to counter NATO and to lock in a Soviet-led military bloc in Europe. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communist governments across Eastern Europe, there was no longer a unifying threat to justify the pact’s existence, and the member states moved toward independence and integration with Western institutions. NATO continued to exist and even expanded afterward, SEATO had already ended in 1977, and ANZUS remains in effect though its role has evolved. So the alliance that dissolved after the Cold War is the Warsaw Pact.