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“One of the truisms in world politics is that nothing is distributed equally on the face of the globe not people or their talent, not resources, not even climate, geographic features, technology or air quality.” Elucidate.

  • UPSC 1994
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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States are equal in law but unequal in fact. Hans J. Morgenthau (Politics Among Nations, 1948) traced national power to geography, natural resources, industrial capacity, military preparedness, population, national character and morale, and the quality of diplomacy and government. None of these is spread evenly. The statement therefore points to the material root of hierarchy…

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  • What is unequally distributed
  • Why the inequality drives world politics
  • Natural or made? The critical perspectives
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