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This paper examines several common factors that were responsible for the presence of regional and global conflict during the 20th Century. According to the paper, in terms of relative explanatory strength, the most significant factors were destabilizing great power rivalries fueled by competition for imperial possessions and colonies. Additionally, the paper notes that the pursuit of political and economic dominance, incompatible ideologies, aggressive foreign policies that disrupted the balance of power, misperceptions about a rival power's intentions, and lingering hostility because of previous conflicts all combined to generate regional and international conflict during the turbulent 20th Century.

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"Several common factors were responsible for the presence of regional and global conflict during the 20th Century. In terms of relative explanatory strength, the most significant factors were destabilizing great power rivalries fueled by competition for imperial possessions and colonies, the pursuit of political and economic dominance, incompatible ideologies, aggressive foreign policies that disrupted the balance of power, misperceptions about a rival power's intentions, and lingering..."

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