The Great Downturn has been deemed by historians as the quickest deterioration of a multi-national relationship since the end of the second world war. The period has been the basis of much blame for multiple conflicts in the 2020s, as well as economic destabilization on a global scale and the reintroduction of nuclear weapons production in both the United States and Russia. The period has also been associated with the dissolution of Russia and the further deterioration of American and Chinese relations.