EPISODE · Nov 16, 2003 · 30 MIN
Lecture 1: And Then There Was One
from Boyer Lectures · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
With the break up of the Soviet Union 12 years ago, a new era of international politics began, fundamentally altering the structure of the global political system. For the first time the world faced a unipolar system in which only one superpower dominated - the United States became the first 'global hegemon'. The implications of this are still working themselves out - indeed it took over a decade for many, including America, to realise that the United States had hegemonic power.
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