The second half of the last century was seen by the majority of the world's population as a period of the so-called ,,long peace”. However, for a large number of ,,Third World countries”, the period from the 1960s to the 1990s was marked by bloodsheding national liberation struggles. At the same time, the leaders of Egypt, India and Yugoslavia, despite all the doubts, and following initial hard-to-reach consensus, signed a declaration that formalized the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement. The antagonism between the East and the West consequently led to an alliance of all the states that aspired towards a non-bloc policy. Non-alignment differed from neutrality, because its main principle was: non-alignment from all the blocs, nevertheless active participation in globally significant issues. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world experienced a transition from a bipolar world to an unipolar one, dominated by the USA. The credibility of the Non-Aligned Movement began to decline with the upcoming changes on the international, world scene. With the strengthening of new and old actors, multipolarity emerged, as a possibility for the reaffirmation of power globally. Due to today's current events, the need for reactivation, i.e. re-active role of an organization such as the Non-Aligned Movement at the time of the Cold War, is being raised.
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