Former top US general declares, "World now has three superpowers"
According to former US Army Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley, Washington is no longer the sole dominant power in international relations. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Washington is no longer the only dominant force on the international stage, former US Army Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley has said.
The unipolar era, when the US stood as the sole superpower, has transitioned into a multipolar world, retired US General Mark Milley acknowledged on Tuesday at an American Bankers Association meeting in New York.
Milley, who served as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, noted that there are now three superpowers: the US, Russia, and China.
“During the Cold War there were two [superpowers], immediately following the Cold War there was a unipolar moment, so for a short time the US clearly was preeminent and the only real superpower out there,” according to Milley.
“But today, it is clear that we are in a multipolar world,” Milley stated.
He emphasized that US leaders need to pay particular attention to Beijing, considering China's rapid growth and military ambitions. “They are probably the one country who has the legs and the distance that could literally challenge the US position on a global scale,” the retired general remarked.
Milley also described Russia as maintaining an “acute threat,” due to its “a lot of nuclear weapons” and involvement in “the biggest ground war in Europe since 1945.”
He asserted that the global landscape has grown “a lot more complicated” and highlighted the need for the US to uphold the so-called “rules-based order.” If this structure were to collapse, Milley cautioned, the world might regress to a mindset where “only the strong survive.”
In this context, Russia has consistently accused the US of using the “rules-based order” to sustain its global dominance by imposing its rules on others while disregarding them itself.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that none of the rules in this “rules-based order” have been clearly defined or universally sanctioned, asserting that the West alters them based on the current political climate.
Moscow has advocated for a world order grounded in international law where nations engage with each other on principles of mutual respect and benefit.
At the recent BRICS Summit in Kazan, Putin called for the establishment of “a more democratic, inclusive and multipolar world order based on international law and the UN Charter.”
Emily Johnson contributed to this report for TROIB News
The unipolar era, when the US stood as the sole superpower, has transitioned into a multipolar world, retired US General Mark Milley acknowledged on Tuesday at an American Bankers Association meeting in New York.
Milley, who served as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, noted that there are now three superpowers: the US, Russia, and China.
“During the Cold War there were two [superpowers], immediately following the Cold War there was a unipolar moment, so for a short time the US clearly was preeminent and the only real superpower out there,” according to Milley.
“But today, it is clear that we are in a multipolar world,” Milley stated.
He emphasized that US leaders need to pay particular attention to Beijing, considering China's rapid growth and military ambitions. “They are probably the one country who has the legs and the distance that could literally challenge the US position on a global scale,” the retired general remarked.
Milley also described Russia as maintaining an “acute threat,” due to its “a lot of nuclear weapons” and involvement in “the biggest ground war in Europe since 1945.”
He asserted that the global landscape has grown “a lot more complicated” and highlighted the need for the US to uphold the so-called “rules-based order.” If this structure were to collapse, Milley cautioned, the world might regress to a mindset where “only the strong survive.”
In this context, Russia has consistently accused the US of using the “rules-based order” to sustain its global dominance by imposing its rules on others while disregarding them itself.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that none of the rules in this “rules-based order” have been clearly defined or universally sanctioned, asserting that the West alters them based on the current political climate.
Moscow has advocated for a world order grounded in international law where nations engage with each other on principles of mutual respect and benefit.
At the recent BRICS Summit in Kazan, Putin called for the establishment of “a more democratic, inclusive and multipolar world order based on international law and the UN Charter.”
Emily Johnson contributed to this report for TROIB News
