Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake wanzu, Jamus ta Gabas ta fi dogara ga jagororin USSR don manufofinta na waje kuma ba ta samar da wani ra'ayi mai zaman kanta ba. A cikin shekarun 1960, dangantakar ta lalace. An bayyana rawar da Pakistan ta taka a cikin wani mummunan abin da ya faru a Tarayyar Soviet, yayin da dangantakar da Jamus ta Yamma ta ci gaba. Dukansu, Gabas da Yammacin Jamusanci manufofin kasashen waje sun karkata zuwa Indiya a matsayin ƙasa mafi girma tare da mafi girman tattalin arziki kuma wataƙila saboda al'adun tarihi da aka ambata da ke fifita Indiya. Bugu da kari, Jamus ta Gabas ta fi son Indiya saboda alakar Indiya da Tarayyar Soviet ta hanyar yarjejeniyar abota da hadin kai da aka kulla a 1972. Kodayake, Jamus ta Gabas ta ci gaba da tsaka tsaki a lokacin yakin 1971 na Indiya da Pakistan; Jamus ta Gabas ta zama ƙasa ta uku a duniya, kuma ƙasa ta farko a Turai, don amincewa da Bangladesh a 1972 bayan nasarar samun 'yancin kai
a shekara ta 1971. Bugu da kari, Jamus ta Gabas ta goyi bayan USSR da Afghanistan a lokacin yakin Soviet-Afghan a cikin shekarun 1980, yayin da Pakistan ta goyi bayan 'yan tawayen mujahideen masu adawa.