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?