00999cam a2200205 a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200031000840400018001150500022001330820017001551000017001722450067001892600038002563000031002945040064003255050373003896500031007621596532620170105102915.0091029s2009    nyub     b    001 0 eng    a  2009045919  a9781568584270 (alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aD863.3b.H57 201000a909.83/12221 aHiro, Dilip.10aAfter empire :bthe birth of a multipolar world /cDilip Hiro.  aNew York :bNation Books,cc2010.  av, 348 p. :bmap ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-320) and index.0 aRise and fall of the bi-polar world -- America's place in the sun-eclipsed by wars and fiscal meltdown -- Return of the Russian bear -- Iran and Venezuela : oil fuels defiance -- China : the peaceful rise of a giant -- India strives -- European Union, work in progress -- Democracy : one size doesn't fit all -- Soft power challenges to America -- Future flash points. 0aWorld politicsy2005-2015.