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Examine the explanatory potential of Kaplan’s systems theory in explaining the phenomenon of international politics in the present context.

  • UPSC 1998
  • Approaches to the Study of International Relations

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Morton A. Kaplan's System and Process in International Politics (1957) offered six ideal-type international systems: balance of power, loose bipolar, tight bipolar, universal, hierarchical and unit veto. He added four variants in 1969, including very loose bipolar and incomplete nuclear diffusion. Each is defined by essential rules, transformation rules, and actor, capability and information variables.…

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