Russia is in temporary decline. ... In just over two decades from its inception, the foreign policy of the Peoples Republic of China swung from formal alliance with the Soviet Union against the US, to de facto alliance with the US against the Soviet Union . ... The foreign policy objectives of a communist China however are not purely national in spirit, because Mao firmly believed in the ideological superiority of communism and claimed for China the role of leadership in the drive to world revolution. ... Mao and his followers set out to build a society that was to be organised for the benefit...

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In 1910 Japan annexed Korea, installing a harsh rule over its people. ... The USSR then claimed that helping South Korea was illegal because the USSR and the People's Republic of China were not present during the voting. ... There was much skepticism that Rhee would actually abide by the terms of the armistice even after it was signed. ...

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"4 Some scholars such as Seymour Lipset state that exceptionalism refers only to America as a unique nation but not necessarily a better one.5 Whereas others such as Ceaser feel that packed into exceptionalism is the belief that the American people have a mission to better the world and spread their greater way of life.6 For my essay I went with the definition provided by Ian Tyrell ; "American exceptionalism refers to the special character of the United States as a uniquely free nation based on democratic ideals and personal liberty.... ", not only shows Uncle Sam as a heroic...

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