Toward a Recomposition of the World

Andrei Bezrukov argues that Russia will in the long term become one of the founding poles of a new post-Western world order. The conflict in Ukraine — now entering what he calls its phase of strategic shift — is only the first stage of a global process of “world recomposition,” which will unfold over several decades. In this context, Russia should play a central role as an “initiator and mediator” in building a collective security mechanism in “Greater Eurasia,” bringing together China, India, and several regional powers in Asia. This mechanism would aim to stabilize the continent while excluding Washington from shaping regional balances. Moscow, he contends, must take advantage of the relative decline of the United States and the internal fractures of the Atlantic Alliance to position itself as the pivot of a new Eurasian equilibrium capable of “ensuring stability” without Western tutelage. This project, he argues, should be complemented by the creation of a large Russo-Indian technological and economic bloc, extended to ASEAN, in order to offer an alternative to the American and Chinese duopoly, as well as by Russia’s internal transformation based on sovereignism, combining economic innovation, political mobilization, and ideological cohesion.

[Editor’s note: Western Europe appears only marginally in this scenario.]

Expert: Andrei Bezrukov, professor at MGIMO and member of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defence Policy
Source: «Velikij peredel?», Rossija v Global’noj Politike, 1 November 2025

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