The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of a new era, defined by the decline of all European colonial empires and simultaneous rise of two superpowers: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (USA).
(1) Power scarcity that characterised the classical international system got replaced by power surplus (Nuclear weapons, overkill capacity and two super powers) in the new system.
(2) The Balance of power got replaced by a Balance of Terror.
(3) The formulation and implementation of foreign policy became a more complicated and democratic exercise.
(4) A big change in world political relations took place as a result of the rise of new states, and the liquidation of imperialism and colonialism.
(5) Peace, security, development and prosperity for all the nations got recognized as a value in international relations.
(6) There developed an arms race between the two super powers and the exercise became more dangerous because of the birth of nuclear arms race.
(7) Because of increase in the number of states, there came to be developed several new problems and international relations became highly complex.
(8) The presence of the United Nations gave a new look to the post-war international system.
(9) New and Open Diplomacy came to replace the old and secret diplomacy.
(10) The presence of two competing, in fact rival super powers set the stage for the emergence of cold war and bi-polarity in international relations.
(11) The transformation of war into a total war made it much more dreaded and the nations became more and more interested in preserving international peace and security.
(12) All the nations became conscious of the need for preserving peace through a better and effective device of power management i.e. collective security.
Thus the Second World War had a big impact on the nature of international relations. Post-War International system came to be a system totally different from the pre-war international system.
After the Second World War, the International System came to be a totally different system from the classical (19th century) international system. The classical international system was Euro-centric and it worked on the principles of balance of power, war as a means, secret diplomacy as an instrument, and narrow nationalism as its objective.
It came to be replaced by a new international system which was characterised by two super powers, cold war, bipolarity, non-alignment, anti-imperialism, the UNO, the presence of several new sovereign states in the world, N-weapons and the threat of Total War. This new international system continued to work, almost unchanged, till the last decade of the 20th century when it came to be a Post-Cold War, Unipolar International System experiencing a new liberalisation and globalisation.
Meghna Thapar 5 years ago
The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of a new era, defined by the decline of all European colonial empires and simultaneous rise of two superpowers: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (USA).
(1) Power scarcity that characterised the classical international system got replaced by power surplus (Nuclear weapons, overkill capacity and two super powers) in the new system.
(2) The Balance of power got replaced by a Balance of Terror.
(3) The formulation and implementation of foreign policy became a more complicated and democratic exercise.
(4) A big change in world political relations took place as a result of the rise of new states, and the liquidation of imperialism and colonialism.
(5) Peace, security, development and prosperity for all the nations got recognized as a value in international relations.
(6) There developed an arms race between the two super powers and the exercise became more dangerous because of the birth of nuclear arms race.
(7) Because of increase in the number of states, there came to be developed several new problems and international relations became highly complex.
(8) The presence of the United Nations gave a new look to the post-war international system.
(9) New and Open Diplomacy came to replace the old and secret diplomacy.
(10) The presence of two competing, in fact rival super powers set the stage for the emergence of cold war and bi-polarity in international relations.
(11) The transformation of war into a total war made it much more dreaded and the nations became more and more interested in preserving international peace and security.
(12) All the nations became conscious of the need for preserving peace through a better and effective device of power management i.e. collective security.
Thus the Second World War had a big impact on the nature of international relations. Post-War International system came to be a system totally different from the pre-war international system.
After the Second World War, the International System came to be a totally different system from the classical (19th century) international system. The classical international system was Euro-centric and it worked on the principles of balance of power, war as a means, secret diplomacy as an instrument, and narrow nationalism as its objective.
It came to be replaced by a new international system which was characterised by two super powers, cold war, bipolarity, non-alignment, anti-imperialism, the UNO, the presence of several new sovereign states in the world, N-weapons and the threat of Total War. This new international system continued to work, almost unchanged, till the last decade of the 20th century when it came to be a Post-Cold War, Unipolar International System experiencing a new liberalisation and globalisation.
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