Practicing Success
Look at the following cartoon and answer the question that follow: |
Sometimes International System dominated by a sole super power is called: |
Multipolar System Presidential System Unipolar System Co-operation System |
Unipolar System |
The correct answer is option (3) - Unipolar System The collapse of the Soviet Union left the world with only a single power, the United States of America. Sometimes, the international system dominated by a sole superpower, or hyper-power, is called a ‘unipolar’ system. This appears to be a misapplication of the idea of the ‘pole’ derived from physics. It may be more appropriate to describe an international system with only one centre of power by the term ‘hegemony’. |