?Arenas means the areas where crisis and war occurred or threatened to occur between the alliance systems but did not cross certain limits and there was no nuclear war or world hostilities,?Arenas of the Cold War were as given below :
(i) The Cuban Missile crisis took place in 1962.
(ii) The two superpowers came into direct confrontations in Korea (1950-53), Berlin (1958-62) and theCongo (The early 1960s).
?Results : (i) Many people died in arenas like Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
(iii) In some cases huge military build-ups were reported.
(iv) In many cases, diplomatic communication between the superpowers could not be sustained and contributed to the misunderstandings.
?Role played by NAM leaders :(a) Jawaharlal Nehru played an important role in mediating between the two Koreas.
(b) In Congo the UN Secretary General played a key mediatory role.