As we approach 2024, we may remember 2023 as a major turning point in history best summarized by the tectonic shift in geopolitics from a unipolar world toward a multipolar one.

Source: https://opinion.inquirer.net/169004/a-happy-new-year

Dr Haabazoka said, “Africa and Russia resolved to create a multipolar world where no one power had monopoly over other nations.

Source: https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/03/27/africa-and-russia-vow-to-create-a-multipolar-world-free-from-neocolonialism/

He also emphasized the deep historical and geographical connections between India and ASEAN, as well as their shared values, regional integration, and joint commitment to peace, prosperity, and a multipolar world.

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/09/07/asean-at-the-heart-of-indias-act-east-policy-pm-modi/

In this fast-growing multipolar world, Russia is assertively stamping its feet, intensifying serious coordinated efforts, this time in Latin America.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/russias-state-duma-resumes-active-interaction-with-latin-american-parliaments-by-kester-kenn-klomegah/

“I think Iran seeking to join BRICS reflects the supreme leader’s worldview of the increasingly multipolar world order,” Jason Brodsky, a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute, told Al-Monitor.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/iran-increases-trade-brics-including-china-it-eyes-join-bloc

The country that led a unipolar world can still lead in a multipolar world, not by issuing orders to its fellow countries as if they were vassals but by persuading them as allies.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/11/us-china-russia-multilateralism-diplomacy-alliances-trade/

The Russian authorities have repeatedly called for a multipolar world with many centres of power that would take into account the interests of all nations, condemning the U.S. policy of global hegemony.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/02/26/putin-says-multipolar-world-order-will-eventually-prevail/

These changes brought an end to Washington’s unchallenged hegemony and ushered in a new asymmetric multipolar world order.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/25/trapped-in-the-democratic-party/

What does 'multipolar' mean in international affairs?

Source: https://www.denver7.com/president-biden-to-address-attack-that-left-900-israelis-dead

While U.S. leaders have been and trying to cling to international power, a new multipolar world has been emerging.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/05/can-the-u-s-adjust-sensibly-to-a-multipolar-world/