bipolar

(adjective)

A distribution of power in which two states have the majority of economic, military, and cultural influence internationally or regionally. 

Related Terms

  • superpower
  • proxy war

Examples of bipolar in the following topics:

  • Superpower Rivalry

    • These alliances implied that these two nations were part of a world organized into a bipolar balance of power, in contrast with a previously multipolar world .
    • The idea that the Cold War period revolved around only two blocs, or even only two nations, has been challenged by some scholars in the post-Cold War era, who have noted that the bipolar world only exists if one ignores all of the various movements and conflicts that occurred without influence from either of the two superpowers.
    • Evaluate the theory of a bipolar post-war world dominated by two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union
  • The Cold War's Costs and Consequences

    • After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the post-Cold War world became widely considered unipolar instead of bipolar, with the United States the sole remaining superpower.
  • The Cold War Begins

    • These alliances implied that these two nations were part of a world organized into a bipolar balance of power, in contrast with a previously multipolar world.
  • The Eugenics Movement

    • Researchers interested in familial mental disorders conducted studies to document the heritability of such illnesses as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.
  • Origins of the Cold War

    • As early as 1925, Stalin stated that he viewed international politics as a bipolar world in which the Soviet Union would attract countries gravitating to socialism and capitalist countries would attract states gravitating toward capitalism while the world was in a period of "temporary stabilization of capitalism" preceding its eventual collapse.
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