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“The development of advanced missile technology and nuclear threat by North Korea has challenged the American hegemony in South-East Asia.” Evaluate the above statement in the context of recent developments in the region.

  • UPSC 2017
  • 20 marks
  • Changing International Political Order

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Hegemony in the Gramscian sense, as applied to international relations by Robert W. Cox, is leadership resting on consent as much as coercion; for the United States in Asia its currency is the credibility of extended deterrence. North Korea's missiles test that credibility directly. The statement holds for the reliability of American guarantees but overstates…

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