Rethinking the Post-American World (World Politics Review Features)

Posited at the height of global discomfort with American unilateralism, the post-American world has become a widely accepted framework for understanding the emerging geopolitical landscape. But how have predictions of the shift in global power from the U.S. and the West to the East and "the Rest" stood the test of time and events? Have intervening developments confirmed the trajectory of the United States' relative decline and the emerging powers' relative rise? Or is it time to rethink the post-American world?

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