When I take a look around it seems like the world is moving in a more decentralized direction. Sure there are superpowers but those entities are probably not as cohesive as we think-- certainly not ideologically (looking at the U.S. in particular.) Even within the monolithic traditional centralized powers we can see evidence of their control and influence waning, e.g. mass censorship campaigns, political prosecution, compulsory mandates with travel restrictions, soon new currency controls, etc.