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Discuss the significance of Non-Aligned Movement as a unique contribution of the Non-Western world to World Politics.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 20 marks
  • Changing International Political Order

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Mainstream International Relations grew out of European experience: sovereignty, alliances and the balance of power. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), founded at Belgrade in 1961, was among the first worldwide initiatives conceived and led by former colonies rather than great powers. Its significance lies less in material outcomes than in the norms, agenda and identity it…

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  • What made it distinctively non-Western
  • Contributions to world politics
  • Limits
  • Contemporary significance
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