Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru:

Nevertheless, we now find that in spite of everything, the bipolar equilibrium had its advantages. It was the limit that the United States and the Soviet Union reciprocally imposed on their interference in matters of other nations.

Today we are worried to find ourselves in a world where only one superpower acts as the arbitrator in international matters. And it becomes directly involved only when its own vital interests and priorities are on the line. When that is not the case, it makes a graceful exit, arguing that "we cannot solve everything." Thus the bloodbath in Rwanda, where collapse and social crisis can produce a million deaths in only a few months. The United Nations seems to be subordinated by the existence of this unipolar logic, just as in the past it was subordinated to the bipolar logic.