The Post-Soviet Area: The Geopolitical Field for Rivalry Between the Western World and China

: The contemporary architecture of international relations is rapidly changing towards a global bipolar structure of the world. It is obvious that the major centers of influence and power in this emerging framework will become the western world headed by the United States and china. The authors of the article hypothesize the exceptional importance for these front-runners of involving the post-Soviet eurasian republics and Russia in the orbit of their interests. The authors are endeavouring to confirm their assumptions by applying the categorical methodology of classical geopolitics. In particular, the post-Soviet sector of eurasia has been considered as a dynamically transforming geopolitical field under the influence of the growing rivalry between the western countries and china. within the framework of the categorical system of the geopolitical field, the authors strove to assess objectively the opportunities for Russia’s participation in managing these changes in its interests. The content of the article is based on current data, and the conclusions suggest that the authors are open to discussion on the topic.