After Polarity in International Relataions
... with physical magnetism can distort and mislead if taken too literally or employed beyond its proper range of application. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, scholars referred to two kinds of systems based on polarity--multipolar and bipolar. Multipolarity was typical of the international system before World War II. It was replaced by a bipolar system during the Cold War. This bipolar system no longer exists, leaving only one superpower. Hence, many scholars characterize the current system ...
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