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The illusion of geopolitics
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The theory that world politics has evolved into a competition between the U.S. and China, Russia and Iran for domination of world politics is rejected as having an exaggerated view of the strength of those three countries as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The author offers opinions on world politics and international relations. The theory that world politics has evolved into a competition between the U.S. and China, Russia and Iran for domination of world politics is rejected as having an exaggerated view of the strength of those three countries and envisions a U.S. weakness which does not exist. Iran is said to lack the resources to be a rival to the U.S. while China and Russia are too involved in existing international organization and economic relations to attempt to alter the existing structure of international relations based on globalization and increased democratization.read more
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