... game because there is currently a widespread institutional fatigue in the world as well as a lack of willingness to invest significant resources and political capital in establishing new institutions of global or regional governance.
Ivan Timofeev:
2023: Stabilisation After the Shake-Up
Specifics of permanent revolution
All this means that the international system is entering a prolonged era of never-ending revolution. Neither in 2024 nor during the next few years will a stable new world order ...
... probably even more significant, than those of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
3. Paralyzed UN Security Council.
Over the past few years, the permanent members of the UN Security Council have found it increasingly difficult to reach consensus on key issues of international security. Security Council meetings turn into eloquence contests increasingly often, thus ruling out the possibility of political compromise. If this continues in 2023, the practical work of the Security Council could be completely paralyzed, which would entail the saddest consequences for both the UN and the entire historically established system of international institutions.
4. Breakdown of the U.S.-Russia START ...