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The US has had the leading economy since it has a controlled economy and it manages its money but the US's economy is going to start going down if they don't stop wasting/spending money.
You could start off with the news report about how Soviet and U.S almost started another war due to a missile crisis with Cuba or how soviet's government is different from ours. Basically compare and contract Soviet and U.S.
Hopefully this can get you a head start
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<span>1) The main thing about perestroika that you should know is that its major goal was to reconstruct the political and economic system which were established by the Communist Party, therefore all the changes that perestroika included are:
encouraged government transparency;
allowed multiple candidates to standfor elections in the country.
2) Glasnost is a policy that means 'openness'. More freedom for people, so that people could set up their own business without a threat of communist parties that would keep track of their success. People also became allowed to express their opinion towards everything, including government, therefore:
</span><span>limited the communist government’s
interference in business
allowed criticism of Soviet officials
lessened censorship</span>
Lawyer and isnt guilty until proven otherwise.
I'm not sure if this is the answer, but they were backed by China