UDC

[94(470)+94(73).092.9]:327

DOI

10.37482/2687-1505-V084

Authors

Vladimir Yu. Luk’yanov
Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation; ul. Bol’shaya Morskaya 67, St. Peterburg, 190000, Russian Federation;
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-1733 e-mail: Volodya.luckyanov2017@yandex.ru

Abstract

This article dwells on the role of ideology in the formation of the system of modern international relations. It is demonstrated that ideology’s influence on international relations grew in the 20th century, primarily during the Cold War. Having compared the ideologies of communism and Western democracy, the author comes to the conclusion that they formed the basis for the foreign policies of the USA and the USSR and justified the two powers’ actions on the international scene. The current geopolitical situation in the world demonstrates that in the 21st century ideology has not only retained its influence on foreign policy of individual states and international relations in general, but also increased it. Further, the author identifies three most important ideological doctrines of the 21st century: Western democracy, radical Islam and the concept of the Russian world. The formation of the ideological basis of foreign policy in modern Russia is considered separately. The ideological evolution of the foreign policy of the USSR (Russia) is analysed, from the concept of universal values of the perestroika period and the idea of Russia’s integration into the Western structures of the 1990s (implying partnership between Russia and the West) to the concept of the Russian world, which worsened Russia’s relations with the West and led to ideological confrontation. In the final part of the article, the author proposes ways to stabilize the international situation, mitigate the severity of ideological confrontation and achieve if not a consensus, then at least a compromise between the three main ideologies of our time: Western democracy, radical Islam and the ideology of the Russian world.
For citation: Luk’yanov V.Yu. Harmonization of the System of International Relations in the 21st Century: An Ideological Aspect. Vestnik Severnogo (Arkticheskogo) federal’nogo universiteta. Ser.: Gumanitarnye i sotsial’nye nauki, 2021, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 20–29. DOI: 10.37482/2687-1505-V084

Keywords

modern system of international relations, modern Russia’s foreign policy, ideological foundations of foreign policy, Cold War, post-bipolar world, ideology of democracy, radical Islam, Russian world

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