In a secular, multi-polar world, the term heresy has lost utility outside of a well-defined (usually religious) context.

In this new multi-polar world, producing oil counts for little among some of the fiercest economic competitors.

In the emerging multi-polar world, Washington will find that its ability to influence events will be diminished.

Alternately, a larger forum for global governance may be more reflective of the present multi-polar world.

This is why we talk about a multi-polar world.

China's contributions to the multi-polar world are manifold.

The time has come for Europe to speak with one voice on key issues in our turbulent neighbourhood and an increasingly multi-polar world.

A multi-polar world needs formats other than those that catered to a bipolar world.

Yet in a multi-polar world a second strike capability does not provide the same guarantees that it did during the bi-polar Cold War period.

In fact, today we are seeing an increasingly multi-polar world in all sectors, including science.