Abstract
The author takes note of some recent developments which are altering the distribution of power and resources in the world. Although cohesion and solidarity among the Third World countries, which are pressing for a new international economic order, is in a rudimentary state, the alliances of primary producers, such as OPEC, and regional groupings of small states, such as ASEAN, may be seen as signifying a pattern of localized power which may challenge the great-power dominance. The author is of the view that South-West Asia, (which means South Asia and West Asia together), for a number of factors which encourage cooperation and interdependence, has the potential for a strong regional power-grouping.
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