Even while Europe was acquiring degree of stability after 1945, Asia experienced atleast two devastating wars several insurgencies and one genocidal revolution Along the way, Asia was also subject to several US interventions, a short and bloody war between Vietnam and Cambodia and a Chinese invasion of Vietnam a year later.Compared to Europe after 1945, the International relations of East Asia during cold war were highly volatile, marked by revolutions, wars, and insurgencies. The end of cold war was experienced very differently in Asia. Economic growth, the USA's presence and the role played by ASEAN continue to make the region more stable than some predicted. China's economic rise has brought prosperity to the region but increased tentions too, confirmingat least according to some realists that when the balance of power changes instability follows.
The end of the Third World was marked by major economic reform in many countries, accompanied by their rejoining the world market. The less-developed countries continue to be burdened by dept and dept repayments to the more advanced economies of the world. Though
socialist anti-imperialism is no longer a powerful political ideology in the South, resentments against the more powerful West remain.
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If the end of the cold war marked one of the great turning points in modern international relations, then 9/11 marked another. Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were no doubt motivated by far more than a desire for social justice and a distaste for globalization. The reasons for going to war in Iraq have been much disputed, although most people now believe it was a stategic error. The Arab Spring since 2011 has seen the emergence of powerful political parties and organizations favouring constitutions inspired by