What is a 'multipolar' world? China says equality; Trump & Marco Rubio say imperial rivalry from Geopolitical Economy Report

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What is a 'multipolar' world? China says equality; Trump & Marco Rubio say imperial rivalry

23 minutes Posted Feb 16, 2025 at 12:00 am.

US unipolar moment

Multipolarity is here

Definition of multipolarity

(CLIP) Marco Rubio on unipolarity

US imperial sphere of influence

China's anti-imperialist view

Marco Rubio interview

(CLIP) Rubio on multipolar world

Rubio fearmongers about China

Greenland

(CLIP) Rubio on China

Neoconservativism rebranded

Trump's imperialism

(CLIP) Trump calls to "expand" USA

Chinese socialism vs US capitalism

Marco Rubio targets China

Rubio's fake "populism"

Nicaragua's anti-imperialist view

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It's now widely acknowledged we are in a multipolar world, but the definition of "multipolarity" is not clear. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio think it means a return to great power competition with imperial spheres of influence, whereas China and much of the Global South say "equality among all countries regardless of size". Ben Norton explains the geopolitical divide.

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