Unchallenged in the world s unipolar moment, the US had the luxury of not knowing its strategic goals.

The US will remain first among equals in hard and soft power, but the unipolar moment is over.

America s unipolar expectations have not been ratified by events.

Indeed, while hubris and the crisis have seriously undermined the world s hyperpower, no multipolar order has emerged to follow America s unipolar moment.

On this bottom board, power is widely dispersed, and it makes no sense to speak of unipolarity, multipolarity, hegemony, or any other cliché.

The post Cold War era of US unipolarity has ended, owing to America s economic mismanagement, the war in Iraq, the continuing rise of other countries, and globalization.

The Curse of Unilateralism

The unilateral moment has passed.

I suspect there are some people out there sitting, kind of asking tormented questions, almost, about, well, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a minute, there's something wrong with mankind interfering in nature in this way.

The Cold War s bipolar governance structures and a subsequent period of American unilateralism to which the non aligned states attempted to act as a counterbalance have given way to a much more complex and interdependent multi polar world.

America s unipolar expectations have not been ratified by events. Indeed, there is now considerable opposition to that vision in the US itself.

Unilateral policies no longer have a reason to exist.

Hold on.

In a single instant of unfathomable fury, his moment of glory was transformed into one of madness and a curse.

What's next Antarctica.

Antarctica s Point of No Return

Coordinated national actions are not the same as unilateralism.

The time of American unilateralism is objectively over.

It was a moment of truth, a cleansing from within of the brutality of Stalinism.

A Czech Moment

Wait a moment.

Wait just a moment.

Hey! Wait!

Haiti s Moment

Sarkozy s Moment

The Hamas Moment

A Mania for Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder

In mathematics, a unary operation is an operation with only one operand, i.e.

Just a moment, please.

Wait for me, wait a second!

Just a moment, please!

Wait, what is this?

Have you got a moment?

But wait a minute.

France s Fourth Moment

Instead, America succumbed to the temptation of unilateralism.

Forestry In forestry, monoculture refers to the planting of one species of tree.

The Council has recently set up an International Polar Year Coordinating Group to help coordinate logistical aspects of projects implemented in conjunction with the Year.

Mentions of polar bears drowning four percent.

The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

That opens the way for unilateral, discriminatory or coercive approaches.

In assessing America s strength, China follows US debates on the merits of a uni polar or a multi polar world with keen interest.

But the disparity between its demographic size and its Olympic success also shows that political multipolarity and sports multipolarity are not cast from the same mold.

Mexico s Breakout Moment?

Life is very fleeting.