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Unipolar world, , Middle Easte crisis:- Afghanistan ; Gulf War ;Democratic politics, st, Democratization:41 The 21 Century (Arab Spring)., , We have seen that the end of Cold War left the US without any serious, rival in the world. The Era since then has been described as a period of, US dominance or a unipolar world., This power is in the form of military domination, economic power,, political clout and cultural superiority., For ex:- Jeans Top ; Fast Food = Soft war., , The international system dominated by a sole superpower, or hyperpower, is called a ‘unipolar’ system., The sudden collapse of the Soviet Union took everyone by surprise., The US hegemony began in1991 after Soviet power disappeared from the international scene., This is largely correct, but we need to keep in mind two riders to this., , 1. Some aspects of US hegemony did not emerge in 1991 but in fact go back to the end, of the Second World War in 1945., 2. The US did not start behaving like a hegemonic power right from 1991.
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Middle East Crisis – Afghanistan & US, 42, , World’s most troubled regions., 1. Arab nation (Land) = wars between Israel and the various arab states., ( 1948-1949, 1956,1967,and 1973), , 2. The Iran-Iraq war 1980-1988., , Afghanistan, , 1992-1996 Islamic state of Afghanistan (for political issu.., , 1996-2001, , 1979-89, , Taliban Al- Qaeda, , Osama bin Laden, Mohammad Najibullah, , Afghan Civil War, , V/S, , Islamic State of Afghanistan
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