The issue here is that this is like physics: You may not like it but you cannot beat it.
In my view it is simply 'physically' impossible for the world to remain unipolar under American so-called leadership.
It worked for a time because the only other developed pole was Europe (and Japan), which is not united with each and every country much smaller than the US.
But as the rest of the world develops then we fall back to a situation similar to the rise of the US in Victorian times: Whatever the British thought, it was 'physically' impossible for them to remain at the top.
This is not only because of China. India, the EU, maybe an African block longer term.
In today's world, war between 'superpowers' to find out who's #1 is also simply not possible because the cost would be astronomical and the result inevitably that everyone would revert to the stone age in a nuclear wasteland.
In 100 years this will all stabilise with the US being may in 3rd place, maybe just in the top 5. No direct war, but maybe a few proxy wars in the meantime.
In my view it is simply 'physically' impossible for the world to remain unipolar under American so-called leadership.
It worked for a time because the only other developed pole was Europe (and Japan), which is not united with each and every country much smaller than the US.
But as the rest of the world develops then we fall back to a situation similar to the rise of the US in Victorian times: Whatever the British thought, it was 'physically' impossible for them to remain at the top.
This is not only because of China. India, the EU, maybe an African block longer term.
In today's world, war between 'superpowers' to find out who's #1 is also simply not possible because the cost would be astronomical and the result inevitably that everyone would revert to the stone age in a nuclear wasteland.
In 100 years this will all stabilise with the US being may in 3rd place, maybe just in the top 5. No direct war, but maybe a few proxy wars in the meantime.