Polycentric World Order in the Making

657 Pages·2023·6.916 MB·English

by  Andrey Baykov, Tatiana Shakleina

Polycentric World
Order in the
Making
Edited by
Andrey Baykov · Tatiana Shakleina
Polycentric World Order in the Making
·
Andrey Baykov Tatiana Shakleina
Editors
Polycentric World
Order in the Making
Editors
Andrey Baykov Tatiana Shakleina
MGIMO University MGIMO University
Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia
ISBN 978-981-19-5374-3 ISBN 978-981-19-5375-0 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5375-0
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Contents
Part I Features of the Global World
1 Megatrends and Global Issues: Constants
and Innovations in the Subject Area 3
Andrey Baykov, Alexey Bogaturov, and Tatiana Shakleina
2 The Global Order in the Twenty-First Century:
Consolidating Polycentricity 13
Tatiana Shakleina
3 Global Governance of the Polycentric World: Actors,
Architecture, Hierarchy of Issue Areas 41
Alexandra Khudaykoulova
4 Evolution of the International Security Landscape
in the Midst of Great Power Rivalry 77
Igor Istomin
5 The Phenomenology of Globalization 103
Alexey Kuznetsov
6 International Scientific and Technological Relations 125
Alexey Biryukov and Andrey Krutskikh
7 The Political Economy of Global Development 155
Stanislav Tkachenko
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Part II Key International and Political Issues and
Processes
8 International Integration in Theoretical Discourse 181
Andrey Baykov
9 Contemporary Conflicts: Typology and Characteristics 203
Andrey Sushentsov
10 The Emergence of a Global Labor Market and Its
International and Political Implications 231
Vera Gnevasheva
11 Digital Transformation of National Economies 251
Lilia Revenko and Nikolay Revenko
12 Nuclear Deterrence in Contemporary World Politics 279
Alexey Fenenko
13 Digital Revolution and New Digital Markets:
Competing Technology Platforms 317
Ivan Danilin
14 Global Energy Trends 335
Igor Tomberg
15 Global Environmental Norms and Their Russian
Implementation 365
Anne Crowley-Vigneau and Andrey Baykov
16 Political Implications of Global Higher Education
Sector: The Russian Case 387
Andrey Baykov, Anne Crowley-Vigneau,
and Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Part III Great Powers and the Structuring of Regional
Spaces
17 Reconfiguring Global Space: Great Powers and Their
Regional Subsystems 413
Tatiana Shakleina
CONTENTS vii
18 The Institutionalization of Regional Centers
in Europe and the Asia–Pacific 445
Andrey Baykov
19 Leading Centers of Power and Regional Dynamics
in East Asia 469
Ekaterina Koldunova
20 The Evolution of the Latin American Subsystem
in International Relations 501
Boris Martynov
21 Features of Statehood in the Middle East 525
Irina Zvyagelskaya
22 The Role of Global and Regional Powers
in the Regulation of Regional Crises 547
Mariya Khodynskaya-Golenischeva
23 International Relations in the Post-Soviet Space 573
Andrey Baykov and Irina Bolgova
24 Communication Spaces in the System of Interstate
Conflicts 601
Alexey Fenenko
Bibliography 645
Index 657
Notes on Contributors
Baykov Andrey holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, is Vice-Rector for
Science Policy and International Cooperation, Dean of the Faculty of
International Relations at MGIMO University under the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Editor-in-Chief of the
International Trends journal.
Biryukov Alexey has done Ph.D. in History, is Associate Professor,
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Information Security,
Science and Technology Policy at MGIMO University under the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Bogaturov Alexey is Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Distinguished
Scholar of the Russian Federation, President of the Academic Forum
on International Relations, recipient of the Russian Government Prize
in Education, and winner of the Tarle Prize of the Russian Academy of
Sciences.
Bolgova Irina holds a Ph.D. in History, Vice-Dean of the Faculty
of International Relations at MGIMO University under the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Associate Professor, the
Department of Applied International Analysis at MGIMO University
under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and
assistant editor of the International Trends journal.
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x NOTESONCONTRIBUTORS
Crowley-Vigneau Anne has done Ph.D. in Political Science, Ph.D.
(United Kingdom), is Associate Professor, MGIMO University under the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Danilin Ivan has done Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Depart-
ment of Science and Innovation at the Primakov Institute of World
Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Associate Professor, Department of Applied International Analysis at
MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation.
Fenenko Alexey is Doctor of Political Science, Associate Professor,
Faculty of World Politics at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Gnevasheva Vera has completed Ph.D. in Economics, Professor, Depart-
ment of Demographic and Migration Policy at MGIMO University under
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Head of the
Department of the Reproduction of Labor Resources and the Employ-
ment of the Population at the Institute for Demographic Research of
the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian
Academy of Sciences.
Istomin Igor holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, is Associate Professor,
Department of Applied International Analysis at MGIMO University
under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and First
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Trends journal.
Kalyuzhnova Yelena is Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
and Head of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour at Henley Business
School. She is also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
(PFHEA).
Khodynskaya-Golenischeva Mariya is Doctor of History, Professor,
Department of Applied International Analysis at MGIMO University
under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Chief
Advisor at the Department of Policy Planning of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Khudaykoulova Alexandra has done Ph.D. in Political Science, and
is Associate Professor, Department of Applied International Analysis at
MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation.
NOTESONCONTRIBUTORS xi
Koldunova Ekaterina has done Ph.D. in Political Science, is Associate
Professor, Department of Oriental Studies at MGIMO University under
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Director of the
ASEAN Centre at MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the
Comparative Politics journal.
Krutskikh Andrey is Doctor of History, Professor, Special Representative
of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation
in the Field of Information Security, Director of the Centre for Inter-
national Information Security, Science and Technology Policy MGIMO
University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federa-
tion, Director of the Department of International Information Security at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Kuznetsov Alexey is Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Director of the Institute of Scien-
tific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Professor, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Russian Federation, Editor-in-Chief of the Outlines of Global
Transformations: Politics, Economics, Law journal.
Martynov Boris is Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the
Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia at
MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation.
Revenko Lilia is Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of Inter-
national Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Affairs at MGIMO
University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federa-
tion.
Revenko Nikolay holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, and is Senior
Research Fellow, Institute for Research of International Economic Rela-
tions at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian
Federation.
Shakleina Tatiana is Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of
the Department of Applied International Analysis at MGIMO Univer-
sity under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and
winner of the Tarle Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences.