From the end of W orld W ar II until 1991 stability in the international state system was m aintained by the two hegemonic powers‐ the USA and the former Soviet Union. During this period the internal weaknesses of certain m ember states, aggravated by irrational econom ic policies that led to low levels of economic growth, political corruption and dism al hum an rights records, were, to put things mildly, overlooked by the major powers in order to keep the weaker
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Jean‐Germain Gros (1996) studied this question.