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far beyond the expectations of those who drafted the United Nations Charter. Their development has expanded the self-defense provisions of the Charter provisions which were included in Article 51 as a loophole, should the primary purpose of collective security prove ineffective. The regional systems have been directed against an external enemy, and have developed within a military framework. While the cold war has fostered these regional systems, the evolution of a new international situation since 1955 has thrust upon them the need to reassess their original objectives. Power is no longer so rigidly structured between the United States and the U.S.S.R.: Communist China and the Russian satellites have imposed changes on the U.S.S.R. policies, the revival of Japan and Germany has limited United States control of their foreign policies, and India, the nominal leader of the neutralists, has symbolized the desired maiden who may be seduced by the persuasive attentions of her suitors. Neutralism and nationalism now share with communism the focus of international |