01273cam a2200253 a 4500 15965326 20170105102915.0 091029s2009 nyub b 001 0 eng 2009045919 9781568584270 (alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC D863.3 .H57 2010 909.83/1 22 Hiro, Dilip. After empire : the birth of a multipolar world / Dilip Hiro. New York : Nation Books, c2010. v, 348 p. : map ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-320) and index. Rise 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. World politics 2005-2015. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 15306 15306 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-10-01 0 909.831 HIR 2010 CIPS0001138 2013-11-26 2013-11-26 BK