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Russia in Global Affairs Editor-in-Chief; National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.!
The global order born in 1985 is unraveling – from Perestroika to Trump, power now replaces rules
By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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By 2025, the global development paradigm that began 40 years ago has reached its natural end.
History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
A glance back at key moments suggests the direction of travel. This year marks the 40th anniversary of a pivotal event: The March 1985 plenum of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Committee, which confirmed the late Mikhail Gorbachev as general secretary.
The concepts of perestroika and ‘new thinking’ came later, but the seeds of syst