Porządek międzynarodowy. Parametry zmiany

A new cooperative system that would reflect the complexity and interdependence of the modern world should be based on inherited peaceful transformation. It means in practice that the role of “old powers” will decrease, while the growing clout of “emerging powers” will increase. At present, a large number of players on the global stage do not accept political pluralism—neither democratic legitimacy of governance nor individual rights and freedoms. In effect, the emerging polycentric world political order is heterogeneous rather than homogenous. Mutual trust could be based not so much on establishing new institutions as creating conditions that would initiate target-oriented political dialogue and returning to the fundamental principles of international law and an agreed code of conduct. Unconventional challenges require the urgent need for adequate unconventional political and military strategies.