Geo-economic Features of the Emerging World Order

On 9 December 2025, as part of the 7th International Conference “The World Majority and the West amid Geo-economic and Civilizational Transformations,” a session of the section “Geo-economic Features of the Emerging World Order” was held. The session was organized by the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, in partnership with MGIMO University’s Faculty of Financial Economics and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech).

The session was moderated by I. Guliev, Doctor of Economics, Professor, and Dean of MGIMO University’s Faculty of Financial Economics.

Presentations were delivered by:

• Shamkhal Dzhabrailov (Russian Federation, Skoltech) on “Artificial Intelligence and the New Geoeconomics”;
• Pavel Seleznev (Russian Federation, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation) on “Shaping Russia’s Vision of the Future: Staying Ahead of the Curve”;
• Valery Bessel (Russian Federation, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas) on “Hydrocarbons in the Transformation of the Global Energy System”;
• Fannur Garifullin (Russian Federation, Plenipotentiary Representation of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation) on “The Role of the Republic of Tatarstan in Developing Russia’s Geo-economic Ties with Countries of the Islamic World”;
• Timur Ismailov (Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg State University of Economics) on “Ensuring International Energy Security amid New Geo-economic Realities”;
• Valery Zakharov (Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow State University) on “The World’s Shift from Coordinating Economic Interests to a Clash of Wills and Power among the Great Powers: Politics Superseding Economics”;
• Ekaterina Arapova (Russian Federation, MGIMO University) on “Sanctions as a Factor in the Transformation of the World Economy.”

The discussion also featured contributions from Alla Bobyleva (Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow State University).

The central focus of the session was the geo-economic features of the emerging world order. Participants examined how technological change and the development of artificial intelligence affect states’ competitiveness and the redistribution of global economic power centers; discussed the transformation of the global energy landscape and issues of international energy security; and assessed the role of sanctions and political factors in reshaping global networks and chains of interaction. Particular attention was paid to practical ways of strengthening Russia’s external economic ties with countries of the World Majority, including through regional initiatives and instruments of economic diplomacy.