Polycentric World Order in the Making

Andrey Baykov is an Associate Professor of International Affairs and Vice-President for Research at MGIMO University, as well as a non-resident Professor at Henley Business School (UK). Dr. Baykov is also the editor of the International Trends, a leading Russian IR theory journal. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 articles in refereed journals, four monographs, and over 10 textbooks for undergraduate and graduate students reading International Politics. Tatiana Shakleina is a well-known specialist in international studies, American and Russian foreign policy, and Russian-American relations. For a long time she worked in a prestigious and well-known think-tank — the Institute of the USA and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, where she was the Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Studies.

Part I: Characteristics of The Global World.- Chapter 1: Megatrends and Global Problems: Constants and Innovations in the Subject Area. Chapter 2: The Global Order in the 21st Century: Consolidating Polycentricity.- Chapter 3: Global Governance of the Polycentric World: Actors, Architecture, Hierarchy of Issue Areas.- Chapter 4: International Environment Security Evolution in the Context of the Renaissance in Inter-Power Rivalry.- Chapter 5: The Phenomenology of Globalization.- Chapter 6: International Scientific and Technological Relations.- Chapter 7: The Political Economy of Global Development.- Part II: Key International and Political Issues and Processes.- Chapter 8: International Integration in Theoretical Discourse.- Chapter 9: Contemporary Conflicts: Typology and Characteristics.- Chapter 10: The Emergence of a Global Labor Market and its International and Political Implications.- Chapter 11: The Digital Transformation of National Economies.- Chapter 12: Nuclear Deterrence in Contemporary World Politics.- Chapter 13: Digital Revolution and New Digital Markets: Competing Technology Platforms.- Chapter 14: Global Energy Trends.- Chapter 15: Diffusion of Environmental Norms as a Global Phenomenon.- Chapter 16: Political Implications of Global Higher Education Sector.- Part III: Great Powers and the Structuring of Regional Spaces.- Chapter 17: Reconfiguring Global Space: Great Powers and Their Regional Subsystems.- Chapter 18: The Institutionalization of Regional Centers in Europe and the Asia-Pacifc.- Chapter 19: Leading Centers of Power and Regional Dynamics in East Asia.- Chapter 20: The Evolution of the Latin American Subsystem in International Relations.- Chapter 21: The Features of the Institute Of Statehood in the Middle East.- Chapter 22: The Role of Global and Regional Powers in the Regulation of Regional Crises.- Chapter 23: International Relations in the Post-Soviet Space.- Chapter 24: Communication Spaces in the System of Interstate Conflicts.