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“The Communist International and the League of Nations both announced the end of the Balance of Power.” Comment.

  • UPSC 1996
  • World Wars

The years immediately after 1917-19 produced two rival institutions, the Comintern and the League of Nations, each claiming that the old European system of shifting alliances and countervailing power had become obsolete.

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  • The Shared Diagnosis: Balance of Power Discredited
  • The League's Alternative: Collective Security Among States
  • The Comintern's Alternative: Revolution Beyond the State System
  • Divergence in Practice

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