A multipolar world with bipolar characteristics
The article argues that the contemporary international system is multipolar in structure but increasingly bipolar in character. While the post–Cold War unipolar moment dominated by the United States has ended, American dominance has not. The U.S. remains the world’s foremost military and economic power, but it is no longer the sole actor shaping global outcomes.
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