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Ian Bremmer on the new non-polar world
The president of the Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer criticises in the daily El País the widespread concept of a multi-polar world in which the US surrenders part of its international power to up-and-coming states like China, India or Russia: "All these [voices] are mistaken. The power of the US may be experiencing a marked decline, but a multi-polar order would imply that several powers had different opinions on how to deal with the world, and also that they were prepared to use their power to realise these plans. This is not the case. On the contrary, we are witnessing the birth of a non-polar world in which the main competitors of the US are too busy with the problems in their own countries and with their direct neighbours to try and contest any attempts by others to take on the most difficult international challenges. … In the coming years it is increasingly likely that those who ask the US for help in a crisis will receive a 'no' in response. And it is unclear whether anybody else will be in a position to say yes."
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The appeal of nationalism in Scotland
Ian Bremmer, head of Eurasia Group, an American risk-prevention agency, stresses the danger that lies in an SNP victory in the Scottish Parliament. "The repercussions of a Scottish Parliament dominated by the nationalists ... might be felt beyond the borders of Great Britain. The victory of the SNP and the probable scission with the United Kingdom could toughen-up the Catalan and Basque separatists in Spain, the Flemish in Belgium and even the Italian northerners who say they want to be separate from the south of the country, a less prosperous region. These are movements that need numerous years to develop along with historical circumstances. And progress towards Scotland's independence could provide impetus for separatism in any of these other countries. For, even if it is highly improbable that the Scottish elections will have domino effect, political movements like democratisation, decolonisation, socialism, capitalism or nationalism evolve by little waves."
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