The crisis of the US and EU management elites in the context of the transformation of the global system: impact on international dialogue

The article examines the process of degradation of the managerial and political elites of the United States of America and the European Union in the context of the systemic transformation of the global political and economic architecture. The author analyzes the causes of the weakening quality of strategic and administrative governance in the West, including the loss of personnel continuity, the erosion of professional standards, and the dominance of short-term electoral interests over longterm planning. Special attention is given to the impact of internal socio-political contradictions, the ideologization of foreign policy, and the crisis of value legitimacy on the ability of Western elites to maintain a stable international dialogue. The article substantiates the thesis that the degradation of Western elites is not a partial but a systemic phenomenon, driven by the exhaustion of the liberal globalist model and the institutional aging of Western democracies. It concludes that the restoration of a full-fl edged interstate dialogue is possible only through the formation of a new paradigm of international relations based on the principles of equality, cultural pluralism, and strategic realism.