Topical Issues of Russia's Positioning in the Polycentric World Order

The article discusses current trends and priorities of Russia's positioning in the international trade and economic system, reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Russia's participation in integration projects in the post-Soviet space, new challenges in this area, shows the need for the Eurasian neighborhood policy to reset social and humanitarian cooperation in the CIS. The opportunities and risks of expanding economic cooperation with China, including for the Eurasian economic integration, are determined. The role of Russian-Indian cooperation in diversification of cooperation vectors in Eurasia, increasing its balance and stability is shown. The potential of BRICS+ and SCO+ formats, as well as the possible interaction of the two blocks, is analyzed. New accents in the Russian policy on the African and Middle East directions are revealed. The author presents the concept of the Greater Eurasian partnership and stresses its central role in optimizing Russia's external positioning, proposes an algorithm for promoting macro-regional integration in Eurasia with Russia's active participation. Keywords—polycentric world; politics; integration; space; project; interests; trade agreement; partnership