TheglobalorderwassetinplacefollowingtheendoftheSecondWorldWarbyaconsortiumofwesterncountriesheadedbytheU.S..Sincethen,themajorwesterncountrieshavestrivedtomaintaintheirlongdominanceinglobalpoliticsandeconomics.Withtheriseofnationalistmovements,formercoloniesgainedtheirindependence,andmanydevelopingcountriesjoinedtheUN.Inrecentyears,theeconomiesofthe