The Oligopolistic Global System: Power Concentration and Multipolar Paradox in Contemporary International Relations The post-Cold War order has often been described through the vocabulary of multipolarity, complex interdependence, and globalization. Yet beneath the proliferating multiplicity of actors—ranging from emerging states to multinational corporations and transnational regulatory bodies—lurks a structural concentration of power that is distinctly … Continue reading How does the concept of an oligopolistic global system illuminate the contemporary structure of international relations, wherein a few dominant powers—both state and corporate—monopolize decision-making in economic, technological, and security domains? In what ways does the post-Cold War transition from bipolarity to a multipolar yet oligopolistic configuration represent a paradox—multiplicity of actors coexisting with concentration of power in a limited few?
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To what extent does the doctrine of Non-Alignment retain its strategic and normative relevance within the transformed geopolitical and economic configurations of the post-Cold War international system?
Non-Alignment in the Post-Cold War Era: Strategic and Normative Relevance in a Transformed Global Order Introduction The doctrine of Non-Alignment emerged in the mid-20th century as a normative and strategic posture adopted primarily by newly independent states seeking to preserve autonomy amidst the bipolar antagonisms of the Cold War. It was conceived not merely as … Continue reading To what extent does the doctrine of Non-Alignment retain its strategic and normative relevance within the transformed geopolitical and economic configurations of the post-Cold War international system?