By Timofey Bordachev , Program Director of the Valdai Club
One of the defining features of our time is the retreat of mass politics and the rise of personalities. Across the world, states now operate between two poles. In the West, the population is almost completely excluded from decision-making. In Russia, China and India, by contrast, public participation is channelled into clear national priorities: survival, sovereignty, and development.
Despite the daily drama of headlines, modern international life is surprisingly monotonous. Wars may shock, but they rarely change the architecture of the system. Revolutions are no longer driven by…
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