The shift towards a multi-polar world will usher in a new era for U.S. policymakers.

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Chirac also spoke out for a multi-polar world in which France's voice would be heard on the international scene.

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Along with China, India and Russia, Brazil seeks a multi-polar world where the United States is not the only superpower.

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" Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko explained that this alliance is only natural as "Moscow, New Delhi and Beijing have common positions on many issues and support a multi-polar world order system.

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Attempts by the UK and France to push through a UN Security Council resolution censuring Syria have faltered and this tells us much about the new realities of diplomacy in a "multi-polar" world.

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