The world is undergoing fundamental transformations in international relations. Authoritarian countries such as China and Russia have adopted liberal economic models, become more powerful, and are now promoting their system to other states, leading to a weakening of the liberal order established after World War II.
Fragmentation is increasing: new blocs like BRICS emerge, where the core value is sovereign governance by any regime. The West is losing its traditional role as upholder of international law, and tensions between democracies and autocracies are deepening.
Amid these changes, the US and Europe have sometimes violated the sovereignty of other countries under the banner of human rights protection, provoking new confrontations with authoritarian states. There are also signs of semi-autocracy emerging within democratic countries themselves, shifting the global balance.
The future will likely see coalitions form based not only on ideology but, above all, on security interests. Ukraine needs to build alliances with countries concerned about threats from Moscow and China—especially those in Northern Europe, the UK, Germany, and others.
Ukraine faces the challenge of active foreign policy, seeking new allies, and effectively communicating its position, to remain a subject and not an object in this new world order where traditional guarantees no longer apply.
