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The new world system endowed the biggest semi‐peripheral countries, most notably India, with a special role. Along with China, India appears to be transforming into a specific subsystem of international relations where both Asian giants can become competitors to the United States in the struggle for leadership. In this sense, history is repeating itself, with rivals appearing at the periphery. The...