30 nov 2021

The new international order

 


 

1.1 The new international order


In 1991, the bipolar order marked by the division of the world

into blocs disappeared and a new unipolar order began in which

the __________became the only global superpower.

But since the beginning of the 21st century, and especially

since the __________ crisis of 2008, the world has been moving

towards multipolarity or collective decision-making.


 The causes that have driven multipolarity are several:


 ➜ Opposition to American_____________.

 ➜ The influence that other traditional powers like _______ and

the European Union maintain and the economic surge of new

emerging groups like the BRICS and TICKS, which are claiming

greater power in global decisions

 ➜ The importance of the __________ countries.


1.2 The global system of states and their conflicts

In the world today, countries are grouped into large regions of

similar political, economic, social and cultural traits.

These regions are the traditional ______of power –the US,

Japan and the EU; Southeast Asia– where the emerging powers

China and _______stand out; Russia and the republics of central

Asia; the ________Arab world; Latin America; and Sub-Saharan

Africa.


Relations between the global _________are not egalitarian,

as significant differences in power and influence exist between

them. As a result, since the end of the Cold______, international

areas of tension and conflict have multiplied.The main areas of

tension are located in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

The most frequent international conflicts today are those where

two or more neighbouring countries are in opposition;

this is the case with India and ______, the two Koreas, and the

Arab countries and Israel. Civil wars, or confrontations between

members of the same society, also abound.

The causes of these conflicts can be quite diverse:


➜________.  This group includes territorial conflicts,

that is, over borders or the desire to control territories

considered__________; nationalistic disputes over

certain territories’ desire for autonomy or independence; and

those that are the consequence of political regime changes and

the _______for liberties. 

➜ Economic. The most frequent are over control

of resources (water, land, oil) or minerals (diamonds, uranium,

coltan).

 ➜ Other causes of conflict are______, motivated by

confrontations between racial groups, and religious, if different

religions (Christianity and Islam) or different denominations of the

same religion (Shiites and Sunnis) clash.


BRICS is the acronymcoined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The BRICS members are known for their
significant influence on regional affairs.[1] Since 2009, the governments of the BRICS states have met annually at formal summit1. 1 Define: unipolar when did it take?

      bipolar, multipolarity order.

 2. What causes have driven multipolarity?

 3. Guess the countries of emerging countries TICKS

 4. Define emerging country and give examples.

 5. Where is the areas of main tension?

 6. What is cause of the most international frequent conflict? Give an example.

 7. Describe the political causes.

 8. What is the most economic frequent conflict?

 9. Can you describe other  cause of conflicts?

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER


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