Emerging Realities in the International Political System: Transforming State’s Foreign Policy

Geopolitical evolution is a constant process; thus, the international system has transformed time and again. However, with rapid technological advancement, the transformation cycle of the international system has substantially been reduced. Hence, in less than two decades since the unipolar moment c...

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Main Author: Zaidi, Syed Muhammad Saad (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2023
In: Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Year: 2023, Volume: 93, Issue: 6, Pages: 376-389
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Foreign policy / Geopolitics / Paradigm shift / Regionalism / Girard, René 1923-2015
IxTheo Classification:ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Foreign Policy
B power politics
B Regionalism
B geopolitical paradigm shift
B rise of east
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Summary:Geopolitical evolution is a constant process; thus, the international system has transformed time and again. However, with rapid technological advancement, the transformation cycle of the international system has substantially been reduced. Hence, in less than two decades since the unipolar moment commenced, there begun chatter of a political paradigm shift. The root cause being the decline of the United States and rise of major powers; China, Russia, and India. Whereas, multiple intervening factors, newly emerged realities, such as emergence of non-state actors, rise of the East, the increasing scale of regionalization, the shift towards neo-nationalist foreign policy, the advent of fifth-generation technological warfare, and rising ecological issues, identified as catalyst to the paradigm shift. Nonetheless, these newly emerged realities have also a profound effect on the foreign policy orientation of states. This paper objectively and critically analyzes how the emerging realities in the international system are affecting the foreign policy of states.
ISSN:1555-6492
Contains:Enthalten in: Rossijskaja akademija nauk, Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1134/S1019331623010148