GLOBAL WORLD SYSTEM: FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES

Abstract

The Institute of Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Italian Institute for the Future in Naples have signed the Agreement on Cooperation in May 2022. As part of the implementation of the Cooperation Plan the two academic institutions jointly held the International scientific and practical Conference "Fundamental Shifts geoeconomic system of the world" on December 20-21, 2022. The conference was held in a combined format (with the involvement of the technical capabilities of the Zoom internet platform), which was due to both the peculiarities of working in martial law conditions and the breadth of the geographical representation of the participants – from New Zealand to Mexico (in this regard, given the significant difference Time Zones, the conference was held over two days). The participants of the International Conference were addressed with a Welcome Speeches by the Heads of the co-organizing Institutes – prof. Valerii Heyets and Dr. Roberto Paura.
The co-organizers of the conference acted as Key Speakers at the Conference: from the Ukrainian Side – the head of the International Finance Research Sector, Prof. O. Borzenko ("War in Ukraine, climate changes and viral infections: impact on Geo-Economic shifts in the Global World") and Chief Researcher of the Sector, Prof. O. Sharov ("Geo-Economic Structure of the Global Market: Post-War Transformation"); from the Italian Side – a common Report was presented by the Director of the Italian Institute for the Future Dr. R. Paura and the Head of the Center for European Studies of the Institute Dr. A. Cozollino ("The Crisis of the Liberal World Order and the Future of the International System"). In addition, by the invitation of the organizers, other foreign participants made such reports as "Regional Solutions forGlobal Problems" (Prince Michael von Lichtenstein, Head of the Geopolitical Intelligence Services) and "Geoeconomic Significance of the War in Ukraine" (H.-M. Alonso-Trabanco, Massey University, New Zealand). During the Conference, analytical Presentation were also made by Prof. A. Grytsenko and Prof. O. Plotnikov (the IEP, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), M. Makhmutova (Kazakhstan), J. Carrillo-Pina (Mexico), Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, Ambassador H. Nadolenko, etc.
In the discussion on reports took an active participation such experts as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of APG Group, the Chairman of the UN Investment Committee B. Le Blanc (the Netherlands), the head of the department of the IEP Dr. E. Bublyk, Special Representative of the General Director of the International Organization for Law Development W. Paton (Canada), Visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo, Prof. I. Piliaiev (IEP of NASU), Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Tunisia V. Khomanets, L. Shageleshvili (Georgia) and others.
Summarizing the work of the Conference, the First Deputy Director of the Institute for Economics and Forecasting, Prof. A. Grytsenko, highly appreciated the level of reports and speeches of the participants, noting that domestic research in the field of international economics is held back by the lack of a specialized scientific institution in the system of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, and offered to recommend turning the Sector of Financial Research into a Department for International Economy with the subsequent revival on its basis of a separate institution – the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Considering the importance of the topic discussed at the conference and the interest in it from the academic community and political circles of Ukraine, the Editorial Board of the Journal decided to publish some reports and speeches.