Brandon J. Weichert
Following the end of World War II, the United States and the victorious Allies built a world system that was designed to mitigate the chances of another world war from erupting. By the end of the Cold War in 1991, the Americans seemed to have not only ensured the system they established after 1945 would dominate into the new century, but that it would be supported exclusively by unquestioned American dominance far into the future.
Flash forward to 34 years later, and it’s an entirely new ballgame.
The “New World Order” Isn’t What America Hoped For
Today, the United States is hobbled by a turgid economy, seriously divided domestic politics, an unstable society, and a military that has not really won a war since the Gulf War in 1991 (though some would quibble with this, since the United States has not technically fought in a declared war since 1945).
After decades of globalization, wherein the purveyors of American global hegemony paradoxically demanded the gutting of America’s economy and the spreading of America’s once-exclusive wealth and capabilities to the rest of the world, other nations are today rising to power. Many have argued we have entered a multipolar world order. And it is true that many powers have started rising from behind the shadow of the waning American colossus.
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