United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said global challenges cannot be solved by a single dominant power or by dividing the world into competing spheres of influence. He specifically named the United States and China . "We see, and many see, in relation to the future, the idea that there are two poles, one centered in the US and one centered in China ... If we want a stable world, if we want a world in which peace can be sustained, in which development can be generalized, and in