How does it fit into the notion of the global shadow government? I've never heard a reasonable answer..... not saying that the notion is reasonable in any other aspect either.
hmmmmmm let me try Capitalism had to win because that was the only way for the oligarchs to reek profits, so they let the USSR dissolve because the oligarchs predicted the West could not win a war if there were to be one?
We can only theorize. I see it more as global shadow finance. Wall Street worked with both sides and that is probably the extent of collusion. Figureheads change and aren't always a sure thing for the people that bring them to power.
Becuase that notion was thought of by people who think everything is a conspiracy, or it the cold war was not planned by the people who are behind it, rather out of control political leaders with to bigg of egos
I agree with aaronman and kokopelli here. Someone made money by selling arms during an arms race. I am unfortunately easily persuaded by conspiracy theorists because I like to look for problems, but really the problem is just scummy people. Scummy people wanted to make money and didn't care about anything other than numbers.