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Richard N. Haass writes that "understanding how a candidate thinks about the world gives a better sense of how he is likely to react to both...
Author: Richard N. Haass
Prepared by: Brian Morris
May/June 2008
The United States' unipolar moment is over. International relations in the twenty-first century will be defined by nonpolarity. Power will be diffuse rather than concentrated, and the influence of nation-states will decline as that of nonstate actors increases. But this is not all bad news for the United States; Washington can still manage the transition and make the world a safer place.
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