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Uni Polarini is my way or the highway in practice.

George W. Bush virtually spoke it on his way to war in Iraq in 2003.

The nations of the world had to decide, he said,

either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.

20 years later, the nations of the world seemed drawn experimentally to multi-polarity as an alternative.

Emphasis on listening, dispersion of power, peace as a victory.

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, off their collision course of just a month ago,

gave the world a fresh image this week of adversaries cordially relaxed at their beach resort in Bali,

rejecting notions of imminent war over Taiwan.

And China's foreign ministry issued a crisp statement that could put multi-polarity on a bumper sticker.

It said, the world is big enough for the two countries to develop themselves and prosper together.

This radio hour is a multi-polar conversation with views shaped in Brazil and India.

Tritoparsi strikes the keynote.

He was born in Iran, raised in Sweden, and American by now well known for three incisive histories of diplomacy in the Middle East.

He's been decorated in particular for ideas improving world order.

Tritoparsi Xi Jinping actually said to Joe Biden in Bali this week

that the US-China relationship is not what the world expects of them.

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