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There have been two main stances adopted by states in relation to the geopolitical mega issues, roughly corresponding to ‘old Europe’ and ‘new Europe’ as coined by US Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld. Whereas the first serious appearance of this bifurcation was in 2002, it now seems that its final blooming was in 2008. The two underlying geopolitical preconditions for the bifurcation will be analyzed: namely the existence of a sole superpower, and its following of a unilateralist course; both conditions that now no longer seem to be present.