From Ideological Bipolarity to Developmental Hierarchy: Reconfiguring the Principal Axis of Global Political Contestation Introduction The twentieth century international system was profoundly structured by the ideological polarity between capitalist liberal democracy, led by the United States, and state socialism, led by the Soviet Union. This bipolar ideological confrontation permeated geopolitical alignments, development models, security architectures, … Continue reading To what extent has the principal axis of global political contestation shifted from the ideological bipolarity of Socialism versus Capitalism to the structural inequalities characterising the North–South divide?