The Non-Aligned Movement started at 196 1. At that time, it was catching up with the wave of colonial independence in Africa and Asia, and newly independent countries appeared constantly. In addition, Khrushchev sought reconciliation with the United States (peaceful settlement of the Cuban missile crisis is an example), so the slogan of the 1960s was to stop neo-colonialism and imperialism. In the 1970s, the American economy fell into stagflation and lost the Vietnam War. Under Brezhnev's leadership, the Soviet Union engaged in an arms race, and the bipolar pattern showed the trend of the Soviet Union attacking and defending the United States. The tension between the United States and the Soviet Union for hegemony has further escalated (for example, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan). In this international situation, the slogan of the Non-Aligned Movement has naturally turned into opposing hegemonism of the United States and the Soviet Union.