The current pandemic situation becomes a trigger for systemwide global problems, that had appeared in the focus of academic and political discussion long before the current pandemic situation. However, now, when nation-states are passing the resilience test, the attention to the viability and potential of supranational institutions and international organizations is growing, the problematic agenda of the global world is getting aggravated.

We suggest observing it on a global and regional level, focusing on the following issues:

• “Bellum omnium contra omnes” or “New bipolar world”: what are the main features of the existing world order and the main trends for its transformation?
• Is China ready for a world leadership and what are the prospect for a “new cold war”?
• Africa, Europe and Eurasia as the arenas for confrontation and cooperation
• Global Governance: functions, restrictions and sources of legitimacy

The following speakers will participate in the discussion:

Leonid L. Fituni, DSc in Economics; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Deputy-Director of Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of Centre for Strategic and Global Studies

Jan Aart Scholte, DPhil, University of Sussex; Professor of Peace and Development, School of Global Studies University of Gothenburg, Co-Director of Centre for Global Cooperation Research University of Duisburg-Essen

Greg Simons, PhD, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Associated Researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Associate Professor in Political Science Uppsala, University in Sweden

Alexey A. Gromyko, DSc in Politics, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association of European Studies (AES)

Alexander M. Libman, DSc in Economics, Professor of Social Sciences and Eastern European Studies Institute of Sociology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Irina O. Abramova, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Igor E. Denisov, Senior Researcher, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Institute for International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia

and co-moderators

Vladimir I. Yakunin, DSc in Politics, Head of the Public Policy Department, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Alexey V. Kuznetsov, DSc in Economics, Acting Director of Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Scope of the event: Zoom live webinar.