World order transformation: economy, ideology, technology

The article considers macro-trends and short-term trends in the transformation of the world order. The author introduces the classification of international relations systems and proposes an interpretation of the patterns according to which they change. The author evaluates the historical dynamics of the balance of economic and military power of states, the influence of technological progress, demographic trends, and ideologies on the architecture of the upcoming post-unipolar world order. Its contours are determined by a contradictory set of factors leading towards multipolarity but also a new bipolarity.