1. What ultimately caused the demise and consequential breakup of the Soviet Union in about 1990? What research would you conduct to understand this issue? The Berlin wall was opened in November 1089 by the East German State. This state was the center of the cold war. The East Germany was united with the West Germany after the Berlin wall was opened and she was integrated to form NATO. Nicolae Ceausescu was executed with his wife when the unity came. The Warsaw Pact collapse and Conventional treaty on Armed forces reduced the superiority of the Soviet Union. The Western Alliance became strong. It was strong to the extent that America could just deploy forces in Europe then move them to the Gulf of Persian against Iraq (Jonas, 2007). Gorbachev's home reforms in 1989 brought him trouble. The economy went into decline. This was called the dissolution of the USSR. The forces of centrifugal in the outside empire were so strong that they spill over to the inner empire. This was because the republics of the Soviet Union wanted and sort freedom. Each wanted nothing but freedom. For this reason, forces were building and working against the Soviet Union. As the time moved on, the center was disintegrating and the Soviet Union was losing power and influence. Gorbachev opened a political process with former communist barons. The barons that were within the Republics attacked the state of the USSR destroying it. There was military force recreation by the republics as they made statements of freedom declaration. Gorbachev struggles with imperial life that was old in the Party of the Communists, the forces, and industrial military. All these ended up with a coup in the year 1991. When the coup failed, it brought the USSR into a stop and finished Gorbachev. Russia was a major player in the breaking of the USSR. This is because Russia wanted the former Soviet republics to acquire freedom. So, the reign of the Soviet Union came to a stop (Herring & George, 2011). 2. Why has industrialism declined in Europe in the last 50 years? What research would you conduct to understand this issue? Industrial decline can be explained as that continuous decline in the goods and services that are manufactures, or the employment within the sector on manufacturing (Lyons & Eugene, 2009). It is also good to be careful not to interpret cyclical unemployment