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The superpowers and the Third World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

Caroline Thomas
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The ideological divide which informs the current superpower competition, and the nuclear context in which that competition takes place, reinforce the tendency of the superpowers to view other actors in the system with covetous eyes. These two factors also have a great bearing on how the United States and the Soviet Union are perceived by the Third World states.

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Review Article
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Review of International Studies , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 235 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © British International Studies Association 1987

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