Understanding the world · Conflicts & geopolitics

What is a multipolar world?

For twenty years, one country ran the planet. That era is ending.

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Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction

For a long time, the world was dominated by a single superpower: the United States. The shift toward a world where several centers of power coexist, multipolarity, is one of the great turning points of the 21st century.

This change is not only economic. It redefines sovereignty, the strength of alliances and the way conflicts get settled. The end of the Cold War suggested a single unified world order. Reality has turned out to be far messier.

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  1. 2From a bipolar balance to American dominance
  2. 3Emerging powers assert themselves
  3. 4Global governance in crisis
  4. 5Risks and opportunities of the new order
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