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Identify the benefits of a multi-polar world.

  • UPSC 2019
  • 15 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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A multipolar world is one in which power is distributed among three or more major centres, none able to dominate the rest, as in Europe before 1914. After the bipolar Cold War and the "unipolar moment" Charles Krauthammer announced in 1990, most of the world, India included, now argues for multipolarity. Its benefits fall into…

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