Word: multipolar
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Chirac: The bipolar world we have known is finished, and the world of tomorrow will be multipolar. One of the essential poles will be Europe. I think that the first objective of my term in office will be to work for the success of Europe. The second will be NATO modernization and the creation of a European defense pillar within the alliance. The third objective is to develop solidarity between Europe and two zones that are linked to it: the Mediterranean and Africa. The fourth objective is to confront certain important problems, such as aid to developing countries, unemployment, monetary...
...divide the world into spheres of interest, or subjugate others who are different from them, and weaker. What is now at stake is saving the human race. In other words, it's a question of what I already talked about: of understanding modern civilization as a multicultural and multipolar civilization, of turning our attention to the original spiritual sources of human culture and above all, of our own culture, of drawing from these sources the strength for a courageous and magnanimous creation of a new order for the world...
...realism and its Prussian-accented cousin realpolitik in international affairs. Just as Kennan's odd admixture of romanticism and realism helped shape American attitudes at the outset of the cold war, Kissinger's emphasis on national interests rather than moral sentiments defines a framework for ^ dealing with the multipolar world now emerging. He has produced one of those rare books that are both exciting to read and destined to be a classic of their genre...
Speaking at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Yazdi explained that since the Islamic revolution in 1978, Iran has become a "multipolar society" characterized by power struggles which are both healthy and necessary...
...Mearsheimer sees the emergence of a multipolar Europe, cluttered with dyads, or pairs of rivals, that could easily slip out of balance and alliances that constantly shift. The major states in the region -- Germany, France, Britain, perhaps Italy, certainly a shrunken but still formidable Russia -- will jockey for advantage, sometimes with, but often against, one another. Meanwhile, Hungary and Romania, Poland and Czechoslovakia may dig up ancient border disputes. "The geometry of power," writes Mearsheimer, would become "a design for tension, crisis and possibly even...