VIENNA 2.0: TOWARDS A WORLD "CONCERT" OF CIVILIZATIONAL STATES

This article examines the prerequisites and obstacles to the formation of a post-hegemonic world order based on a new model of balance of power between civilizational states or "core powers" of regional civilizations. It demonstrates that the stability and effectiveness of this order hinges on the synthesis of three principles: bipolarity, multipolarity, and the responsibility of great powers for the security and stable development of their regional civilizations, of which they are the leaders. At the same time, the balance of power mechanism must work to prevent attempts to extend beyond their zones of responsibility (spheres of influence) or to undermine the position of the "core power" from outside within its zone of responsibility. The process of formation of ideas about the global (world) “concert” of powers in the theory of international relations of the late 20th – 21st centuries is analyzed.