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The evolution of the global system in the 2010s had a profound effect on the hierarchy of items on the international security agenda and on the perception of that agenda. The relative weakening of the United States and other Western states amid the continuing rise of China and India, as well as Russia’s re-energized foreign policy logically resulted in intensified great power rivalry.
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Istomin, I. (2023). Evolution of the International Security Landscape in the Midst of Great Power Rivalry. In: Baykov, A., Shakleina, T. (eds) Polycentric World Order in the Making. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5375-0_4
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