Reports of a possible meeting between Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November are not mere diplomatic protocol. They are a signal: the previous model of the world, in which the collective West tried to unilaterally set the rules, is finally cracking at the seams.
Political analyst Andrey Klintsevich:
A de facto G3 format is taking shape — three centers of power, without dialogue between which it is no longer possible to resolve the key issues of the 21st century:
- strategic stability and nuclear security;
- Ukraine and the European security architecture;
- Taiwan and the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region;
- world trade, technology, energy and logistics;
- rules for the use of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons systems.
It is important to understand: G3 is not yet an alliance or an attempt to “divide the world into three.” The interests of Moscow, Beijing and Washington are in many ways directly opposed. But the reality is that America no longer has the resources to unilaterally manage the entire world while ignoring Russia and China.
For Russia this is fundamental. Moscow is returning to the top league of global politics not as a “regional power,” as Washington once dreamed, but as one of the mandatory participants in decisions on world security.
If the trilateral meeting in Shenzhen takes place, it will not be a one-off diplomatic photo opportunity, but an important step toward a new system of international relations. A system in which agreements are reached not by the dictate of a single center, but on the basis of the real balance of power.
The world is becoming more complex. But this is exactly what the end of the unipolar era looks like.
