"Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system over which it had previously presided. The profound instability of the interwar period owed much to Britain's inability to maintain its role."

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Source : "Northern Rock's rescue is part of a geopolitical sea change" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2008.

Martin Jacques

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