World Political Systems after Polarity

<p>What will the current global political order look like when American unipolarity ends? Historically the power configurations of world political systems have been defined by four structures: multipolarity tripolarity bipolarity and unipolarity. These concepts inform both the formulation and the analysis of short-term policies and long-term grand strategies of powerful actors in the world political order and may be of profound importance to the future peace and stability of the global system. </p><p></p><p>The concept of nonpolarity however has never been addressed as a possible or a potential structural formulation in the nomenclature of global political systems. This book provides a coherent conceptualization of nonpolarity and how diplomacy will operate in a more collective age and fits into the ongoing discussion about the nature of the political world order as we approach the end of the American century.</p>