Commonwealth of Nations: Art of Survival

... “new” Commonwealths, resulting in its transformation into a two-tier system with developed and developing member countries occupying differing positions and, in many ways, with mismatched interests. However, with the overall weakening of Great Britain in the wake of WWII and a powerful uptick in national liberation movements in its Asian colonies, the British Commonwealth of Nations underwent major changes. In 1947, it evolved into a multinational association comprising India, Pakistan,...