THE LONELY SUPERPOWER.

Discusses the position of the United States as the world's top superpower. Manifestations of the world's unipolarity; Ways in which the end of the cold war changed the structure of the world; Role of the Persian Gulf War as an example of pseudo-multilateralism; Speculation on the kind of world order to be created by the U.S.; Geopolitical challenges of the era, including the breakup of multinational states and the possible emergence of virulent nationalism.