SINCE the end of the Cold War,a global rivalry has ensued between the world’s unipolar camp represented by American primacy and a multipolar camp represented by the emerging economies,in particular member countries of the BRICS(Brazil,Russia,India,China,and South Africa),with tacit backing from many countries in Europe,Asia,and Latin America.Only an event as momentous as 9/11–although momentarily–accomplished a unification of peoples in the face of the global terrorism threat that the event represented.