«FISSURE OF THE WORLD SYSTEM»: GLOBAL SHIFTS AND HYBRID CHALLENGES

Abstract

Problem setting. The first decades o f the XXI century demonstrate the unrestrained, turbulent, even explosive development o f the world political process, which raised waves o f "color" revolutions, began to distort the national sovereignty o f some countries, led to a violation o f the international principle o f inviolability ofpostwar borders through military conflicts and "hybrid" wars. It is no longer possible to deny that under modern conditions there is not only a break in the bipolar and unipolar world order, but also a transition to a multipolar world with several centers o f influence. Recent research and publications analysis. Empirical approach plays important role in the study o f the international systems. It correlates with geopolitical specificity and mainly investigates contemporary interaction o f people and states, geopolitical strategies and government tactics within certain geographical regions. Empirical research is characterized by: the desire to specifically explain certain international situation (political, economic, humanitarian), that developed in certain region o f the planet, specificity o f the systemic connections between global actors; to highlight the level o f influence on behavior o f the international subjects and decisions o f national elites offollowing factors: sociohumanitarian and economic realities, national potential o f the states, cross-regional competition, directions o f actions and juridical boundaries regarding interventions o f international organizations etc. Serious destructive influence on the contemporary system o f international relations is exerted by new wars o f the 21st century: wars with terror, cyberwar, "hybrid" wars and so on.Paper objective. The purpose o f the article is to seek through systemic, phenomenological and factor-geopolitical analysis to identify the nature o f the modern international system and the nature o f real and hybrid "drivers" that stimulate its development and, at the same time, turbulence and global shifts. Hence, the ...