以苏联的解体为标志,美苏称霸全球的“两极结构”格局从此宣告结束。而美国经济霸主地位的日趋衰落,日本、西欧经济实力的迅速增强又标志着新的国际格局正在形成。这种新格局从短期来看就是所谓的由美、日、欧组成的“三级结构”,从长期看,由于亚洲、拉美一些新兴工业化国家的腾飞,以及中国等发展中国家在经济上的崛起。国际经济格局最终必将形成集团领 Marked by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the “bipolar structure” dominated the United States and the Soviet Union came to an end. The declining economic supremacy of the United States and the rapid increase in the economic strength of Japan and Western Europe also mark the formation of a new international pattern. In the short run, this new pattern is called the “tertiary structure” composed of the United States, Japan and Europe. In the long run, due to the rapid take-off of emerging industrialized nations in Asia and Latin America and the economic rise of developing countries such as China . The international economic structure will eventually form a group collar