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WHEN WE THINK about the world of today, unfortunately, we have to recognize that the so-called end of the Cold War has made it neither more stable nor more secure. The bipolar geopolitical system, which had for nearly half a century kept the world away from a new global confrontation and which disappeared together with the Soviet Union, has still not found a replacement. Far from being formed, a new system of international relations has not even emerged in general outline. It seems that the U.S.-led unipolar model is unacceptable to anyone but the U.S. In any case, there are no indications that other states, even its closest allies, are ready to accept an official status as a vassal to the only superpower that has remained from the former bipolar world order.
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