Written by Alexander Mercouris ; Originally appeared at The Duran The US Nuclear Posture Review is a seminal document, not just because of the nuclear weapons build up it speaks of – worrying though that is – but because it represents a formal admission by the US that the so-called ‘unipolar moment’ – the period after the end of the Cold War when the US enjoyed unchallenged global dominance – is over. So far from being the world’s unchallenged and unchallengeable ‘hyperpower’ and world hegemon, the US admits that it is now once again just one of three Great Powers – the US, Russia and China – albeit that it still considers itself to be the strongest of the three. The Review admits this unambiguously. One of its chapters is straightforwardly entitled “The Return of Great Power competition”. This chapter, the single most important in the whole document, has this to say Since 2010 we have seen the return of Great Power competition. To varying degrees, Russia and China h
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