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Pentagonal International System of 1970s included

  • A.USA, USSR, UK, Japan, China
  • B.USA, USSR, UK, Germany, East Asia
  • C.USA, USSR, China, Japan and Western Europe
  • D.USA, USSR, Germany, China, Japan

Answer: C

The pentagon was USA, USSR, China, Japan and Western Europe.

The idea of a pentagonal or five-power world was set out by US President Richard Nixon in 1971 and associated with Henry Kissinger's diplomacy. It described a shift from the rigid bipolar Cold War towards five centres of power: the two superpowers, plus China after its opening to the US, Japan as an economic power, and Western Europe as a bloc.

The other options are wrong because they name single European states (the UK, Germany) or a vague 'East Asia' instead of Western Europe as a whole and Japan.

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