Discuss how scholarly literature interprets the impact of competition between great powers on social, political, and economic developments.

Surfacing Solutions – Conflict, Cooperation or Competition Emerge as a New Restraint on Wars of Conquest

The classical realist line of reasoning claims that territorial control, power, prestige, economic profit, and imperial domination were the main aims of the Old Great Game. In this light, discuss how scholarly literature interprets the impact of competition between great powers on social, political, and economic developments.