What is the main dividing line in the modern global politics? The flavor of the season is “the West vs the Rest” paradigm.
The declining West is trying to preserve its global domination, while the rising Rest is fighting for an alternative world order denying the universalism of the Western institutions, principles and values.
Russia and China are leading the rebellion of the Rest with Moscow questioning the US security hegemony and Beijing challenging the West-centered economic and financial ...
... of the United States on other countries and peoples surprised many. The central argument of Putin’s Munich Speech was clear and unambiguous: It is high time to start thinking about the creation of a new global security architecture, and a new world order in general.
For some, Putin’s Munich Speech came as a complete surprise and, I might add, an annoying and unpleasant one. But his dismay and disappointment with the West was completely understandable in the context of the events that ...
Applying the “predator-prey” model to the system of international relations
The crisis in relations between Russia and the West, the advance of ISIS, and the arms race in the Asia-Pacific region all point to a potential shake-up of the world order. Shake-ups of this kind tend to be of a catastrophic nature – a gradual change in some critical area is suddenly accelerated, triggering a cascade.
Politicians, experts, and decision-makers repeat the mantra of nonlinearity, whereby ...
The XI Annual Session of the Valdai International Discussion Club opened in Sochi today (October 22). The topic of this year’s meeting is “The World Order: New Rules or a Game without Rules?” Around 100 participants from over 25 countries will come together at the Session to work on new approaches to issues on the global agenda. Among those taking part will be RIAC President
Igor Ivanov
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Russia needs a world order in which its opponents cannot monopolize global sources of growth and restrict access to them should political differences arise. Multi-polarity has acquired a completely new meaning. In the past, it was understood as the co-existence of several ...
Working Paper #XVIII / 2014
This working paper is an examination of the modern world order. Theoretical approaches to the analysis of international relations are revised and its guiding characteristics are determined.
The structure of the modern world order and its particular dynamics are revealed with the help of mathematical modelling ...
