Life has become dangerous in this unipolar world - Group Discussion

The word unipolar means, being concerned or associated with a single entity. This entity could differ based on the context. In our quote “Life has become dangerous in this unipolar world”, unipolar could refer to Internet or a state/country having all the power like the United States.

For:

- With a unipolar world, one country seems to be influencing every other country. Consider an example of currency fluctuations and recession.

- If one country has the power, it has the power to destroy or create anything.

- They say that today, internet is the new unipolar world. Today, whoever can rule the internet can rule the world.

- Social networking sites are being used to harass people.

- In the past, internet was being used as a medium for terrorist attacks.

- A dominant state seeks to relatively maximize its power through unilateral decisions on coercive measures.

Against:

- If a big country like US is dominating, it works in the favor of other economically challenged countries.

- With internet, so many things can be controlled and managed today.

- Such countries are usually technologically strong that works in favor of the world.

- Such states or countries make the other weaker ones vulnerable to a lot of traditional challenges, including nuclear challenges

What will make an entity unipolar is totally circumstances dependent. The United States came upon as a dominant country mainly because of economic and technological changes which have unambiguously favored the US.