SUPOERPOWERS - Patterns of power
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- Created on: 18-04-18 13:41
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- Patterns of power
- Uni-polar
- One hegemon which is unchallenged by other countries
- British Empire (1800-1919)
- Should be stable - but there are costs including it being hard to sustain. USA have been called the policemen of the world as they deal with many trouble spots.
- Bi-polar
- Cold War period - USA v USSR (1945-1990) Almost ended up in a 'hot' war.
- involves a tense stand-off between opposing powers. High risk, scary but stable.
- Multi-polar
- Inter-war period (1919-1939)
- no dominant power. it is argued that this created a power vacuum with nazi Germany and imperial Japan, where no one was prepared to stop them.
- future?
- Maybe bi-polar (China and USA)
- Maybe multi-polar (China, USA, EU, India).
- Uni-polar
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