Multipolarity in the 21st Century: A New World Order (Contemporary Security Studies)

As a result, international institutions are often neither willing nor able to intervene. The present situations in Syria and Ukraine demonstrate that such conflicts are constantly at risk of spilling over into adjacent countries and causing regional and international crises.

As a consequence, a backlash against post-modern theory and policies has taken place. A neo-modern paradigm prevails in international relations IR theory, reflecting the grim changes and conditions of the international system.

Emphasis has thus shifted towards themes of stability and security. There is little disagreement among experts that the bipolar system was replaced by a temporary unipolar world order that has gradually lost its power of coercion. This power, he stresses, will be filled with a new order in which Russia will play a key role. But the overall question and uncertainties remain. What will replace the unipolar, US-led order? How and by whom can the transition be managed?

Evidently, the international system is in transformational mode. Various stages of transformation have been distinctly shaped by the interplay of Washington, Moscow, Beijing, and to a lesser extent, Brussels. Although the Cold War ended with the demise of the Soviet Union, several core elements of the bipolar order remained components of the succeeding unipolar period and have shaped the present tendencies towards a multipolar order.

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The liberal institutional order, based on universal values, is now challenged by nascent counter forces which, if successful, will in time create a multipolar global order. This process is driven predominantly by China and Russia and other emerging economies, gathered either within the BRICS group or under the G20 umbrella.

It is doubtful that Brussels will influence the shape of the emerging global order, given the present state of the European Union — fragmented by uncontrollable external challenges and home-grown problems which have been eroding EU solidarity since The report revolves around the core issue of how changes in the makeup of international power are raising tensions at both global and national levels, affecting the stability of the international order. In almost Hollywood fashion, the report consoles us at its close by stating that in spite of all the depressing assumptions, nothing is set in stone so brighter developments may occur.

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From Post-Modernism to Neo-Modernism: The World at the Crossroads of Two Eras. Kissinger accurately defines the role the US has to play in world politics. Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image. Is this product missing categories? Checkout Your Cart Price. This item is a special order that could take a long time to obtain. Description Details Customer Reviews This book seeks to help shape the debate surrounding power and polarity in the twenty-first century both by assessing the likelihood of US decline and by analysing what each of the so-called 'rising powers' can do in terms of 'hard' and 'soft' power , what they want to do i.

In doing so, it will examine the implications of a multipolar world for international security. American supremacy has generated intense debate surrounding both the nature and quality of this power, as well as the execution and thrust of US foreign policy. At the same time, significant developments in four rising powers - China, Russia, India and the European Union -- have provoked analysts to ask whether multipolarity is a realistic prospect.

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Such a development may result from a rebalancing occasioned by US decline or because the US, still hugely powerful, is joined by two or more of these states or - in the case of the EU -- a collection of states.