COLOMBO, March 9: Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa ended a long silence over his ouster Thursday by releasing a book claiming "geopolitical rivalry" between China and other countries was responsible for his downfall.

The rising geopolitical rivalry among the big powers has been the root cause of conflicts

Critics argue that the international political and financial systems, created by the USA following the Second World War (1939-1945), are in a state of crumbling. The foreseeable international system cannot be predicted with certainty in the present context. Nonetheless, the hegemony of the West, particularly the USA, will not remain the same in the multipolar world, a situation in which more than one superpower exists, as it has been exercised since the dissolution of the Soviet Union from 1991 to 2017.

How true is the recurring story of Chinese occupation of Nepali land? What is the purpose of this story?