US still committed to unilateralism

We have seen new discussions about the world structure since the beginning of this year.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at a reception for foreign envoys in Paris on Jan 18 the "unipolar world" that materialized after the Cold War is already over and the word "superpower", popular a few years ago, is now obsolete. The world will be in the era of "relative major powers" for the next 30 to 40 years.

These words should not be taken lightly, as they are related to views on the status of the United States and its influence in today's world, assessment of damage the US has suffered in the war in Iraq and evaluation of the role of the so-called "BRIC" nations -Brazil, Russia, India and China - and "VISTA" countries -Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey and Argentina.