After Polarity in International Relataions

Disappearance of Polarity: “Polarity” has long served as a useful explanatory framework in the study of international politics. The analogy to physical magnetism represents a system of states pulled ... ... over by military conquest or by a communist revolution or coup, and communists took part in military actions. According to the Domino Theory, first advanced during Truman’s presidency, if a country came under the influence of Communists a “domino ...