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“The impact of the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the US as the lone superpower has been both, good and bad.” Discuss.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

The passing of the bipolar Cold War order and the rise of the United States as sole superpower produced a genuinely mixed legacy — gains in peace and openness set against new forms of instability and resentment.

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  • The Good: Reduced Great-Power Risk and Wider Peace
  • The Good: Democratization and Human Rights
  • The Good: Economic Integration and Globalization
  • The Bad: Unipolar Unilateralism and Overreach
  • The Bad: New Insecurities and Resentment
  • Weighing the Ledger
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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