Challenging Hegemony: Political Islam and North - South Divid

An analysis of the global trends illustrates that political Islam has become a fundamental challenge against the USA. Also division of the world into North-South shows a critical gap in the international system, which, for In this situation, the other major powers in the international system attempted to set up a special balance, which is called "soft balancing". While this paper intends to explain the relevant conceptual framework, it focuses on the kind of functioning of other effective powers to create this balance.