On the Formation of a Two-and-a-Half Polar World
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https://doi.org/10.52340/er.25.07.2025Abstract
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and the resulting introduction of economic sanctions by the West against Russia, the transformation of the architecture of the world economy began (Papava, 2025). At the same time, it became clear that the decades-long unipolar world order was shifting (Ing, Rodrik, eds., 2025).
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