Abstract
During the twentieth century, the geopolitical structure of the world changed in many ways. The end of World War I saw the Ottoman Empire collapse into Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and a series of other Middle Eastern nations. After World War II, the end of colonization resulted in the emergence of approximately one hundred new states.' The post-World War II world also saw the rise and fall of numerous dictators and oppressive regimes, including Augusto Pinochet in Chile, Ferdinand Marcos in the Phillipines, and Mobutu Sese Seko in Nigeria. Exen as recently as the 1990s, the map of Europe transformed drastically following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union.
Recommended Citation
2005 ULR 401 (2005)
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