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Scholar, teacher, IR enthusiast, @MTSU prof, vegan, chronic over/underthinker. Peace & conflict, power transitions. RT≠ endorse; views my own; he/his.
May 23, 2023 15 tweets 8 min read
Processing the @ForeignAffairs expert survey on unipolarity/multipolarity in various ways today, including thru a #greatpowercompetition lens. (🧵)

In our attempt to define GPC, Tudor Onea & I reject the idea that GPC does not exist in unipolarity...
doi.org/10.1093/acrefo… ...because a single great power can become preeminent while other GPs continue to exist and maintain their rank. A. F. K. Organski's stylized "power pyramid" diagram reflects this notion that a dominant power can head up an order that includes several GPs. A stylized diagram featurin...