Bangladesh, Dec. 12 -- For years, diplomats, analysts, and global institutions have celebrated the arrival of multipolarity as if it were a political awakening-an escape from Americas imperial shadow and a long-awaited redistribution of global influence. In countless speeches from Brasília to Beijing, leaders describe a world in which every state occupies an equal seat at the table, guided not by dominance but by coexistence, dignity, and mutual respect. Yet this polished rhetoric obscures the fundamental truth of the age now emerging: Multipolarity is not equality-nor is it meant to be. It is the natural evolution of international politics under conditions of rivalry, scarce sovereignty, and the rise of several powerful civilization...