<span> </span><span>Independence for the Soviet republics and the end of the Soviet Union. These were the two main consequences at athe end of the Cold War the implosion of the Soviet Union and the new independence of the former Soviet republics in eastern Europe. It was not the end of global imperialism as evidenced by such things as the invasion of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, the bombing of Yemen now, the coup against the democratically elected government of President Zelaya in Honduras and the campaign to discredit the government of Venezuela.</span>
It would be "the Environmental Protection Agency" that primarily deals with domestic policy issues, since this agency protects the environment of the United States.