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What factors contributed to the emergence of a unipolar world?

  • UPSC 2016
  • Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

The unipolar moment of the 1990s was not the product of a single event but of a convergence of structural, ideological, and institutional shifts that left one power without a rival.

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  • The Disintegration of the USSR as the Structural Trigger
  • The Absence of a Comparable Rival Pole
  • Ideological Convergence: The "End of History" Moment
  • Economic Globalization and Institutional Leverage
  • Conclusion

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