In search of a new world order: interests of actors of world politics

The article analyzes the reasons why, on the one hand, special attention is currently being paid to the analysis of the modern world order, on the other – the world order has remained uncertain for 30 years. It is shown, that the world order (understood in most studies as the relationship between the leading states of the world) is only part of the political organization of the world. The political organization of the world is at least a three-level system, which, along with the system of interstate relations, includes as a basis the principles of the Westphalian model of the world, where the main principle is sovereignty, as well as the political systems of various states of the world. Due to the fact, that the basis of the political organization of the world (the Westphalian model) is being eroded, the question of the system of interstate relations becomes largely irrelevant. The interests of various actors in world politics become important for understanding how the political organization of the world will be formed. The article analyzes the interests of states, international organizations, business structures, subnational territories, as well as universities, the media and international NGOs. The article shows that, in modern conditions, the economic and humanitarian interests of various actors are converted into political interests. This gives a reason to believe that the political organization of the world of the future (the political architecture of the world) will not be able to ignore the interests of various actors in world politics. The author states that there will be further transnationalization of actors associated not only with globalization defined as the transparency of national borders, but also with the interaction, and sometimes “sprouting” of the structures of some actors into the structures of other actors. One of the most important parameters of building a new architecture of world politics will be network relations. At the same time, digital technologies will be actively introduced into international political practice, which will affect the political organization of the world, just as the industrial revolution once influenced the development of capitalism.

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