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The central focus of global politics is no longer the conflict between Socialism and Capitalism, but North versus South. Explain.

  • UPSC 1992
  • Evolution of the International Economic System

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For four decades the East-West conflict between Soviet socialism and Western capitalism organised world politics: alliances, arms races, aid and even development models. Its end between 1989 and 1991 left one global divide standing, between a rich industrial North and a poor, populous South. The statement captures the shift from an ideological axis of conflict…

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  • Why the ideological axis faded
  • Why North-South became central
  • Limits of the claim
  • The claim in the present
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