Why unipolarity doesn matter much

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Concept Misformation in Comparative Politics. The American Political Science Review, v. Schweller, Randall L. Pu, Xiaoyu. As such, the contemporary unipolar system is an … Expand. Abstract Robert Jervis's System Effects was published just as systems thinking began to decline among political scientists, who were adopting increasingly strict standards of causal identification, … Expand.

Theory of Unipolar Politics. Introduction 2. Conceptualizing unipolarity 3. The scope of unipolar strategic choice 4. The sources of competition under unipolarity 5. Competition in the post-Cold War 6.

The sources of conflict … Expand. Unipolarity is arguably the most popular concept used to analyze the U. Well before President Donald Trump began rhetorically attacking U.

This book argues that victory and defeat in war shape the post-war grand strategies of states, specifically their use of military force and diplomacy.

It focuses on the experiences of the belligerent … Expand. The United States maintains a veritable empire of military bases throughout the world — about of them in more than 70 countries.

This forward-deployed military posture incurs substantial costs … Expand. The position of the United States in the post—Cold War era has been one of fundamental security. View 1 excerpt, cites background. Weltmacht in der Krise? Der vermeintliche American Decline wird dabei aus einer Struktur- und … Expand.

Unipolarity: A Structural Perspective. In analyzing the current unipolar system, it is useful to begin with structure. Highly Influential. View 4 excerpts, references background.

The United States has been at war for thirteen of the twenty-two years since the Cold War ended and the world became unipolar. Still, the consensual view among international relations theorists is … Expand.

View 1 excerpt, references background. What was bipolarity. In spite of its widespread use, no one has ever stated clearly what the distinction between bipolar and multipolar systems refers to.

Despite preponderant power, unipoles often do not get their way. Scholars interested in polarity and the systemic structures determined by the distribution of power have largely focused on … Expand.