"The Soviet Union's termination, which brought to an end the bipolar world, ushered in an era of U.S. hegemony. Hegemony, however, should not be confused with omnipotence. Hegemony is not omnipotence but is certainly preponderance."
Zbigniew Brzezinski was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist who served as U.S. national security adviser under President Jimmy Carter. He was a major strategist of late-Cold War U.S. foreign policy.