Essay: The wreck of the HMS Multipolar World Fantasy

"We are not in a multipolar world." - International Relations and Security Analyst Mark Sleboda on Brian Berlectic's pro-Russia New Atlas YouTube channel.

Colonel Douglas MacGregor said about China in the video Why China's Navy is a JOKE: "China has huge problems just holding itself together. So I think we should set China aside and understand that." See: Skepticism about China remaining a global power

As the HMS Multipolar World Fantasy ship was going down, a China/Russia cheerleader and big fan of Douglas MacGregor could be heard stubbornly yelling in desperation, "The world is a multipolar world!".

See also: The myth of multipolarity. What do the terms unipolar, bipolar and multipolar mean as far as international relations? and Why did so many self-declared international relations experts miserably fail concerning their multipolar fantasy?

For more information, please read the four essays below:

• The myth of multipolarity. What do the terms unipolar, bipolar and multipolar mean as far as international relations?

• Why did so many self-declared international relations experts miserably fail concerning their multipolar fantasy?

• The 2023 BRICS Summit was a bunch of hoopla. We still don't live in a multipolar world.

• The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future

The U.S. Navy is the most powerful navy in the world

See: The U.S. Navy is the most powerful navy in the world

The U.S. Navy seal

The BRICS’ New Development Bank headquarters in Shanghai, China

According to Investopedia, BRICS refers to certain emerging market countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and more—that seek to establish deeper ties between member nations and cooperate on economic expansion, including trade. The countries act as a counterbalance to traditional Western influence.

In terms of countries each countries GNP and the adding of the GNP of countries that are allies of the United States or lean to the United States as opposed to countries that are allies of China or lean towards China, the U.S. holds an advantage in terms of economical dominance and this state of affairs could continue for the foreseeable future (See: The US retains the economic advantage in its rivalry with China. America and its allies remain more united and economically powerful than Beijing’s group of allies, Financial Times, November 29, 2023).

The BRICS’ New Development Bank headquarters is in Shanghai, China.

Naval power is part of power projection which is the capacity of a country to deploy and sustain forces outside its territory.

Again, Colonel Douglas MacGregor said about China in the video Why China's Navy is a JOKE: "China has huge problems just holding itself together. So I think we should set China aside and understand that." See: Skepticism about China remaining a global power

BRICS’ New Development Bank headquarters in Shanghai, China.

China's skyscraper boom is officially over.

China has likely peaked and economic trouble is heading its way. See: China has likely peaked arguments

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Vladimir Putin

See also: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian

General

• What drives Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin?
• The anti-Christianity Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin and Xi Jinping have opposed homosexuality so this isn't a very high moral bar for China and Russia to clear
• Why has the West been so successful?

The United States

• The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future
• Is the USA an economic powerhouse and juggernaut?
• The U.S. Navy is the most powerful navy in the world

China

• Skepticism about China remaining a global power

• The rising rule of communist idiocracy in China

Russia

• Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian

• Russian war crimes in Ukraine

• Why I am not bullish on Russia's future

• Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse

• China's economic decline will contribute to Russia's decline

• Russia's economy and gas and oil profits will be BADLY damaged when China's economy declines

• The war in Ukraine and Western sanctions will significantly hurt the Russian economy

• Russia's economy will enter a long-term decline

• Are the Russians as unhappy as they claim they are?

• Russia has the 3rd highest rate of divorce in the world

• Is Vladimir Putin a beacon of family values or a complete failure in this matter?

• Do you strongly believe in gun rights? Don't move to Russia!

• The Russian Army compared to the Israeli army. Why is the Israeli army so outstanding?

• Nordsteam pipelines being sabotaged and Putin failing to play politics several moves ahead on the politics chess board

• Vladimir Putin understimates small opponents - big time! - Humor

• There is no evidence that Vladimir Putin plays chess - Humor

• Essay: Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman - Humor

War in Ukraine

• How long will the war in Ukraine last and what will its likely outcomes will be? A prediction on its outcomes
• The SPECIFIC MONTH OF APRIL 2022 was not a pivotal point in politics that will affect politics for 30 years