Int Rel Theo War

Table 4.20Summary of Territorial Expansion of Polar Powers at the End of Wars, 1816–2016Type of Polarity

Number of Wars

Total of Three Types of Territorial Expansion

The Territorial Result at the End of the War

Territorial Expansion

Territorial Contraction

Territorial

Status Quo

Number

% of Total of Changes

Number

% of Total of Changes

Number

% of Total of Changes

Bipolarity,1816–1848,1871–1909,1946–1991

5

5

0

0

0

0

5

100%

Multipolarity,1849–1870,1910–1945

18

80

36

45%

38

48%

6

7%

Unipolarity,1992–2016

2

2

2

100%

0

0

0

0