I think thats true but im not 100% sure
Egypt's natural boundaries consist of more than 2,900 kilometers of coastline along the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Red Sea. Egypt has land boundaries with Israel, Libya, Sudan, and the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian area formerly administered by Egypt and occupied by Israel since 1967.
The England's colony in Barbados helped South Carolina to prosper by developing close economic ties with sugar plantations. The settlers emigrated from Barbados bringing their slave code with them that helped in boosting the plantation in South Carolina. The wealthy planters and their slaves coming from Barbados started to develop their commodity crops of sugar and cotton.
Okay, so obviously nuclear weapons proved to be a threat that would possibly destroy the world. The Soviet Union and the United States build up a stockpile of nuclear weapons and used the fact that the world may be destroyed to keep the other country at bay.