Originally Posted by waqarabbasi

World politics stands more derisive today than it had been ever before

Politics of dominant states today aims at dividing weaker nations and creating a fragmented society, easy to be ruled and plundered off its resources.

Introduction

The end of colonialism did not prove an end to the contest of power among giant nations. Indeed, it was the beginning of a system more complex and dangerous in its nature. The important aspect of the present system is no power can be directly blamed for the misery of the third world poor nations. While confronted with population rise, receding water resources, global warming and increased energy demands, the struggle, among sates, for maintaining central political and economic position has become much more precarious. The weaker states with substantial resources provided a productive ground to the bigger nations to play their game of power politics. The crisis in Afghanistan, the Middle East and the Gulf States, is a strong manifestation of the heartless political and economic policies of the world. The new face of the political and economic contest, the neo-colonialism, has made the life of the countries, having energy, resources, and important strategic positions, a hell.

Kwame Nkrumah described the present political system in the beautiful words: ‘neo-colonialism is the worst form of imperialism. For those who practice it, it means power without responsibility, and for those who suffer from it, it means exploitation without redress.’

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TURNING POINT OF POLITICS

Rising power of human rights and the surge of nationalism capped the possibility of colonialism in future.

End of imperialism was dealt with the emergence of new system ‘neo-imperialism’.

the New system provided the new definition of the powerful state; powerful is the one who has the control of world’s markets and resources.

CENTRAL ECONOMIC POSITION DEMANDS THE CONTROL OF ECONOMIC RESOURCES

Rising energy demands of developed states and ensured supply of oil from the Gulf States and the Middle East

Agenda of developed states is an access to and control of world markets and raw materials

Unhindered supply of resources and control of trading routes; the struggle for control of strategic straits and canals is a plight of states encompassing these areas.
CHANGED POLITICAL SCENARIO AND PREDICAMENT OF WEAKER STATES

Transformation of the nature of international rivalry; it has changed from direct military intervention and territorial control to indirect control of the economy and internal policies of states.

Policies of WTO and IMF and the troubles of weaker economies

Inducement of the sectarian division among Middle Eastern nation to have an ensured supply of oil

Grounds of Syria, Yemen and Iraq are being exploited to advance the conflict between two powerful political blocs.

The peace and progress of Afghanistan and Pakistan were sacrificed at the altar of US national interest; the consequences of war against terrorism delivered a divided, poor and volatile region.

Heartless policies of world powers creating the fear of war, and resulting in an unending arms race at the expense of human development ; US-India nuclear deal and Pakistan’s steps for undermining this fear and resultant destabilization in the region.

WORLD'S ADVANCE TOWARDS CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS, AND ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MORALITY; HUNGTINO'S AND MONROE'S DOCTRINE OF US SUPREMACY CAN LEAD THE WORLD TOWARDS A DISASTROUS COURSE, WHERE THE STRUGGLE OF POWER AMONG POWERFUL STATES CAN HIT THE WORLD IN THE MOST INHUMANE WAY.

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MORALITY AS DEFINED BY MORGENTHAU ‘ DO Not EXIST'.
CONCLUSION

PLEASE CRITICALLY EVALUATE