... relations, it does not resemble that of the Cold War
The Chinese authorities have never accepted or used the concept of China-U.S. bipolarity. Neither the so-called co-governance (G2) nor the bipolar confrontation between China and the United States is consistent ... ... gradual transformation of the unipolar, U.S.-centered international system of early XXI century to a multipolar (or polycentric) world order.
Andrey Kortunov:
Between Polycentrism and Bipolarity
In spite of this, there are more and more discussions on the ...
... multipolar world was the main focus of the world structure. But now this state of affairs has been broken. With the emergence of a bipolar theory, relations between multipolarity and unipolarity is no longer the only pattern of the international structure. Bipolarity and its relations with multipolarity and unipolarity has become a new analytical issue with increasing significance.
The bipolar view first emerged about ten years ago, but has gained popularity in recent years. Naturally, by the bipolar world,...
When superpowers are not surrounding themselves with ideological blocs, bipolarity is nothing but two states getting into a bickering match, albeit with certain ... ... and the United States is largely focused in the South China and East China seas, thousands of miles away from Russia. Russia does not have any interests in that region... ... bipolarity, and there are many reasons why. Let us outline a few of them. First, the world order that existed during the Cold War was relatively simple. Second, people are...
... wrong. The world is not behaving as the founders had predicted.
Elusive Multipolarity
Igor Ivanov:
Russia, China and the New World Order
In October 2016, twenty years after Yevgeny Primakov’ policy article was published in the journal International ... ... all citizens being equal before the law regardless of the differences in social status, property, education, and talents.
Old Bipolarity Billed as New Multipolarity
Andrey Kortunov:
Indo-Pacific or Community of Common Destiny?
The differences in the ...
