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National Perspectives on a Multipolar Order: Interrogating the Global Power Transition
By (Author) Benjamin Zala
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
29th April 2026
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Government powers
Military and defence strategy
Politics and government
327.1
Paperback
232
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
The global distribution of power is changing. But how should we make sense of this moment of transition
With the rise of new powers and the decline of seemingly unchallenged US dominance in world politics, a conventional wisdom is gaining ground that a new multipolar order is taking shape. Yet multipolarity an order with multiple centres of power is variously used as a description of the current distribution of power, of the likely shape of a future global order, or even as a prescription for how power 'should' be distributed in the international system. From rising powers to established powers, contemporary debates are analysed by a set of leading scholars to provide in-depth insight into the use and abuse of a widely employed but rarely explored concept.
Benjamin Zala is Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University