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A new configuration of power emerged in world politics after the end of the cold war. Analyse how USA managed to become the sole superpower.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

The bipolar architecture of the Cold War gave way, after 1991, to a configuration in which the United States alone possessed the reach to shape outcomes across every domain of power.

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  • Economic Primacy: The Dollar, Institutions, and Globalization
  • Military Primacy: Command of the Commons
  • Institutional and Diplomatic Strategy: Locking in Advantage
  • Soft Power and the Absence of Rivals
  • Conclusion

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