The Caspian Fault as an Indicator of Global Geopolitical Processes
https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-2929-2024-04-66-76
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Abstract
A new stage of the “Big Game” in the Eurasian space is unfolding with the participation of an alliance of states, the so-called collective West. The goals and scope of the confrontation are not limited to Central Asia, but cover the entire Eurasian arc of instability. The area of the Caspian region is considered as the axial zone of the Eurasian continent, on which the geopolitical interests of the leading economies are focused and a new space of world economic development is being formed.
Aim. To analyze the current geopolitical situation in the area of the Greater Caspian region, including the Central Asian space from the point of view of Russia’s national interests.
Task. To identify the role of the Russian Federation and to substantiate the state of developmen t of geopolitical processes in the space of the Eurasian arc of instability.
Methods. The work uses general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, system and project approaches, analytical, descriptive and monographic methods, models and mechanisms of spatial development.
Results. At the present stage of world economic development, the motivation s of humanity are being formed in the context of creative development and the alignment of geopolitical processes in the vector of creating a more just and multipolar world. A special mission of the awakening process is assigned to Russia, which is a civilizational leader for the self-consc iousness of the peoples of the world of the objective need for a global creative reset. In the area of the Greater Caspian region, the outlines of a new model of the world order are being formed based on the consolidation of the efforts of the system-forming and interconnected international organizations of the SCO, CICA and BRICS.
Conclusions. The strengthening of the role of the new world economic duo of Russia and China is accompanied by global trends of positive development in the world as the process of forming a “new integral world economic order” has begun.
About the Authors
V. G. Golovin
Astrakhan State University named after V. N. Tatishchev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav G. Golovin, Leading Researcher of the Center for Strategic Studies of Eurasia, Doctor of Biological Sciences, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor
Astrakhan
E. E. Golovina
Astrakhan State University named after V. N. Tatishchev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina E. Golovina, PhD Student
Astrakhan
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Golovin V.G., Golovina E.E. The Caspian Fault as an Indicator of Global Geopolitical Processes. EURASIAN INTEGRATION: economics, law, politics. 2024;18(4):66-76. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-2929-2024-04-66-76. EDN: XSWVQH
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