Mainstream WeeklyPredominant actors of International Politics including US, Russia and China are trying to carve out spheres of influence based on hard power and economic heft just like the allied powers did through the Yalta Conference in the post-World War II scenario. The norms and practices of multilateralism and collective security are increasingly relegated to the background. Russian President Vladimir Putin considers assertion of sovereignty by Ukraine is to allow it to move away from Russian sphere of influence and US President Donald Trump plans to annex Greenland, Panama and take over Gaza to implement real estate development plan. These smack of the fact that both Presidents are thinking in terms of maintaining spheres of influence.
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