The world is moving towards a multipolar order, expert says

The world is moving from a unipolar model to a multipolar world order, where the main centers of power are the United States, Russia and China, international affairs expert and former State Duma deputy Alexei Chepa told RIA Novosti.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump hung up at the same time at the end of a telephone conversation on Friday, assistant to the Russian leader Yuri Ushakov said earlier. Trump also stated that during the conversation an agreement was reached on the supply of diesel fuel from the Russian Federation.

“By and large, the world is at the stage of global transformation. We are moving from a unipolar model to a multipolar world order, where the main centers of power are the United States, Russia and China, as well as the strengthening India and other states,” Chepa said.

According to him, the fact that no one wanted to hang up is the most accurate definition of the results of yesterday's conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States.

“It’s not only important that Moscow and Washington are discussing specific agreements in the energy sector. Something else is much more important: global politics is increasingly returning to a format in which key decisions cannot be made without Russia and China,” the expert added.

According to Chepa, Europe is rapidly losing its independence, Ukraine is becoming the main hostage of this situation, and the European elites are not ready either economically or politically to respond to the challenges of the new era.

He emphasized that Western hegemony in its previous form is ending, and the Ukrainian conflict has become one of the main manifestations of this process and showed the real balance of power that has emerged since the end of the Cold War.