Internationalism No. 80, October 2025 Page 4 For our analysis, Asia has always been the realm of multipolarism . There was no Asian Yalta to divide and constrain the region; the American victor could not prevent the uneven development of imperialism in the Asian epicentre. It is no coincidence that Asia, with a quarter, perhaps a third, of global military spending, is the focal point of accumulating tensions in the crisis in the world order . It is no coincidence that the shifts in relations between the powers are most noticeable in that region. Zhao Huasheng, of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, considers China, Russia, the United States, Europe, India, and Japan to be the key players in the global system. The Institute, directed by Wu Xinbo, has merged with the Centre for American Studies, founded in 1985. They are part of the network of Chinese think tanks that comment on current foreign policy, expressing ...