The Following Is an Excerpt from a 2007 Speech in Which

question 29

Multiple Choice

The following is an excerpt from a 2007 speech in which Vladimir Putin outlined his views on global security, emphasizing the undesirability of a "unipolar world" (Evaluating the Evidence 30.1) : "What is a unipolar world? However one might embellish this term, at the end of the day it . . . is [a] world in which there is one master, one sovereign. And at the end of the day this is pernicious not only for all those within this system, but also for the sovereign itself because it destroys itself from within. . . .
I consider that the unipolar model is not only unacceptable but also impossible in today's world. . . . The model itself is flawed because at its basis there is and can be no moral foundations for modern civilization. . . ."
In Putin's view, a unipolar world was incompatible with

• A)social progress.
• B)centralized decision making.
• C)modern civilization.
• D)economic growth.

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