The conflict in Ukraine has pushed the world order towards multipolarity. The countries of the global South — even those friendly to the United States — have realized that it is much better to conduct politics on their own, and not at the behest of Washington or London. At the same time, no one wants to become dependent on the West again. This position was voiced by Norwegian academic and political scientist Glenn Disen in an interview with journalist Danny Haiphong.

GLENN DISEN, a Norwegian political scientist: We often view this conflict as going on between Russia and the West, but look at the rest of the world: almost no one outside NATO supports the sanctions imposed. And I keep stressing: it’s not that these countries supported the Russian operation in Ukraine, but no one wants to return to the unipolar world. Including friends of the West.

India, for example, would be very difficult to present as a country with an anti-Western position, but it also does not want to return to having its foreign policy dictated from Washington or London. All of them — Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Latin America — want multipolarity, in which they will have many trading partners and will not be overly dependent on any one state or region, which means economic pressure hitting their political independence. That’s what they want.

The foreign policy of the middle Powers may be more independent. That’s why the rest of the world is adapting quickly. That is why there is a long queue of potential BRICS members. That’s why the world is starting to abandon the dollar. I think the key critical moment of the transition to multipolarity will not even be the Russian victory in Ukraine, but the banking crisis that is expected in America in the not so distant future. I believe these economic aspects will consolidate the new world order.

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