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After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the United States and its allies enjoyed a near monopoly on economic, military and ideological power in a suddenly unipolar world. Over the decade and a half that followed, the U.S. emerged as the dominant power atop a liberal international order in large part shaped by its preferences.\\xa0

But the rise of China and resurgence of Russia as great power competitors has challenged Washington\\u2019s global leadership role, while offering new options to countries seeking alternatives to the U.S.-led order. That coincides with the emergence within the U.S. and other Western democracies of movements questioning the foundations of that order. Combined, these trends have significantly weakened the United States\\u2019 ability to maintain its hegemonic position in a rapidly transforming international landscape.

This week on a special edition of Trend Lines, Daniel Nexon joins WPR weekly columnist Howard French to discuss the rapidly changing global order and the United States\\u2019 place in it. Nexon is a professor at Georgetown University\\u2019s School of Foreign Service. With Alexander Cooley, he is the co-author of \\u201cExit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order.\\u201d

If you would like to request a full transcript of the episode, please send an email to podcast@worldpoliticsreview.com.

Relevant Articles on WPR:

• The U.S. Still Makes for a Tough Competitor Against China

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• The U.S. and China Are Both Failing the Global Leadership Test

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• America\\u2019s \\u2018Return\\u2019 Might Not Be Enough to Revive the West

• The Liberal World Order Is Dying. What Comes Next?

Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter D\\xf6rrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

To send feedback or questions, email us at podcast@worldpoliticsreview.com.