The Return of Bipolarity in World Politics: China, the United States, and Geostructural Realism

by Oystein Tunsjo and Øystein Tunsjø

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the international system has been unipolar, centered on the United States. But the rise of China foreshadows a change in the distribution of power. ystein Tunsj shows that the international system is moving toward a U.S.-China standoff, bringing us back to bipolarity--a system in which no third power can challenge the top two.

The Return of Bipolarity in World Politics surveys the new era...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231176546
• ISBN13: 9780231176545
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"