... international stability and implementation of verbal assurances on non-expansion given to the Soviet leadership by NATO’s leaders? The same applies to the well-known Russian demands made in December 2021.
Andrey Kortunov:
A New Western Cohesion and World Order
Whatever can be said about the benefits of UN’s specialized programs and projects, it is also clear that the crisis that has engulfed the key area of this global structure’s responsibility will inevitably manifest itself in other areas,...
... strategic alliances are emerging far more slowly. But here too, shifts towards deeper integration are noticeable (such as the development of the political component of the ASEAN’s activities).
The ongoing consolidation of the building blocks of the new world order makes it somewhat simpler to transition to a new level of global governance. A more limited number of actors makes it easier to achieve agreements and makes the system more stable and predictable. However, regionalization entails multiple risks, from institutionalizing competition between regional groups to ...
... claim to creating a global “unipolar world” are coming to an end with a new, revised and enlarged edition of the Westphalian world order?
Yet, after the pandemic and the structural global economic crisis, the “return to Westphalia” concept needs at ... ... though no one doubts that such institutions are needed today.
Andrey Kortunov:
We Need to Create a More Inclusive System of Global Governance
Concerning the multilaterality crisis: if the hypothesis of the revival of Westphalia, of the triumph of national ...