SYSTEM OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD: ‘PERFECT STORM’
https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2016-2-47-134-144
Abstract
The paper proposes to examine the modern political organization of the world as a global system consisting of three levels: Westphalian systems, system of international (interstate) relations, and political systems of states.It shows that all three levels are currently subject to a deep transformation that produces the effect of a 'perfect storm'. The Middle East due to a number of reasons is the most 'weak link', i.e. the link where these processes are manifested with the greatest force. Such situation, when all three levels are in a deep changing, is unique. The world has not previously faced with it. The article discusses possible scenarios for the further development of the system of political organization of the world.
About the Author
M. M. Lebedeva
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph. D. (Psychology), Dr. of Science (Political Sci.), Professor, the Head of the World Politics Department,
76 Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454
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Lebedeva M.M. SYSTEM OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD: ‘PERFECT STORM’. MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2016;(2(47)):125-133. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2016-2-47-134-144
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