THE MISSING COUNTERWEIGHT: Why the World Became Unstable After the Soviet Union Disappeared (The Power Mechanics Series) - Tapa blanda

The Missing Counterweight (Paperback)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The world feels more unstable today than it did under nuclear standoff.That should not be possible.Yet it is real.This book explains why. The Cold War did not preserve peace through virtue, trust, or shared values.It preserved restraint through pressure.Power was careful because consequences were immediate.When the Soviet Union collapsed, the world did not gain stability.It lost the force that made power cautious.No replacement emerged.Rules tried to compensate.They failed.Institutions followed.They drifted.What replaced balance was not chaos-but a permanent state of delay.Conflicts no longer end.They pause.Costs accumulate quietly.Responsibility diffuses.Instability becomes normal.This book explains how the absence of a counterweight reshaped global power-and why the world now feels tense even without decisive war.Not through ideology.Through structure.What this book explains- Why bipolar restraint produced stability without trust- How the loss of counterweight changed how power behaves- Why rules cannot substitute for structural balance- How modern conflicts persist without resolution- Why escalation is avoided but pressure never disappears- How delay became the dominant form of controlThis is a book about systems, not personalities.Outcomes, not intentions.What this book is NOTThis is not: - a book blaming any country- a book arguing morality or ideology- a book predicting World War III- a book offering policy solutions or reform plansIt does not take sides.It examines mechanisms. Stability does not come from good intentions.It comes from limits.When no force exists to restrain power, power does not become reckless.It becomes patient.This book is for readers who sense that something fundamental changed after the Cold War-but was never properly named.It does not reassure.It clarifies.Because living without a counterweight has a cost.And the world is now paying it. You can follow the author on X (Twitter), Instagram, Substack, and Medium at atdigimanako. Regards, Nishant Chandravanshi/ Mr Chandravanshi This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798247344452

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