Shaping a New World Order and BRICS+
https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2024.05.04
Abstract
Currently, the global system finds itself in a profound crisis, one that necessitates a fundamental reconfiguration and the establishment of a new world order as the only viable path forward. However, the journey toward this emerging order is protracted, arduous, marked by intense conflicts, and remains uncertain in many respects. Simultaneously, competition is escalating across various domains, including the contestation over principles governing coexistence and development. The article analyzes how the transformation processes of the world system can ultimately lead to the destruction of the existing American- led world order and the formation of a new world order based on alternative principles. The article considers the dynamics of such changes over the past decades through comparisons between Western nations and the BRICS countries, including graphical representations. It analyzes the growing role of the BRICS+ association in the formation of a new world order, which is undoubtedly an alternative to and a counterbalance to the United States and the collective Western bloc of nations. The article offers forecasts on some possible contours and principles of the world order. The growing role of new forms of relationships and alliances in the formation of a new world order is emphasized. In particular, it analyzes the potential contributions of BRICS+ to the world community, along with the aspects and directions that can become a model for shaping important principles and mechanisms central to a new world order.
Keywords
World System,
World System reconfiguration,
world order,
world order change,
new world order,
balance of power,
BRICS,
BRICS+,
principles of the new world order,
USA,
world-system leader,
geopolitical rivalry,
global project
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 23-11-00160).
About the Authors
L. E. Grinin
National Research University Higher School of Economics; Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leonid E. GRININ, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Chief Researcher at the Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis, Leading Researcher
Myasnitskaya Street, 20, Moscow, 101000
Rozhdestvenka Street, 12, Moscow, 107031
A. L. Grinin
Lomonosov Moscow State University; National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anton L. GRININ, PhD (Biology), Researcher Faculty of Global Processes, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis
Leninskie Gory, 1, building 13, Moscow, 119991
Myasnitskaya Street, 20, Moscow, 101000
A. V. Korotaev
National Research University Higher School of Economics; Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. KOROTAYEV, Dr. Sc. (History), Director of the Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis, Leading Researcher, Professor of the Faculty of Global Processes
Myasnitskaya Street, 20, Moscow, 101000
Rozhdestvenka Street, 12, Moscow,107031
Leninskie Gory, 1, building 13, Moscow, 119991
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Grinin L.E., Grinin A.L., Korotaev A.V. Shaping a New World Order and BRICS+. Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2024;17(5):61-81. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2024.05.04
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