Abstract

FERNANDES, Ricardo Cabral. The US and the transition towards multipolarity: the Ukrainian crisis. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2015, n.45, pp.25-43. ISSN 1645-9199.

The end of the Cold War gave rise to American unipolarity in the international system. With the rise of new powers such as the BRICS, the present distribution of power is gradually being challenged in favor of multipolarity in the international system, while at the same time the U.S. strategy is changing. This article aims to argue that the current crisis in Ukraine could represent a milestone in the transition from unipolarity to multipolarity based on revisionist actions by the Russian Federation since these same actions contest the rules and regulations of the post-Cold War world. We will analyze the US foreign policy in the Ukrainian crisis to corroborate this argument.

Keywords : unipolarity; multipolarity; United States; Ukraine.

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