How the cold war affected smaller countries that were not directly involved in it? plz answer counting on you guys i will mark ! 1

The cold war affected Vietnam, Korea and Afghanistan as it caused smaller scale wars to occur within these countries.
The cold war had a good affect on Japan as it caused the country to come out with growing economies and good democracies.
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