Revolutions of the Twenty-First Century as a Factor in the World System Reconfiguration

P. 975–999.

Leonid Grinin

Starting from 2009, we have been studying the processes of theWorld System transformation
and have come to the conclusion that in the forthcoming decades the international system will start to transform faster and in a more substantial way. Consequently, we are entering a period of disequilibrium, searching for new structural and systemic solutions within theWorld System.We have also drawn the further conclusion that the turbulent events in the Arab World may well be regarded as the start of a global reconfiguration of the World System, leading to a radical shift. The most general cause of this reconfiguration, as we will show below, is connected with the lag of the World System’s political component behind the economic component, which has been outstripping it. The catch-up of the political component to the economic one means a rather long and turbulent period for the World System

Keywords: revolutions, World System reconfigurations

Publication based on the results of: New revolution wave at the Afrasian instability zone (2022)

In book

Handbook of Revolutions in the 21st Century. The New Waves of Revolutions, and the Causes and Effects of Disruptive Political Change

Grinin L. E., Korotayev A., Karasev D., Rozov N., Grinin A., Selbin E., Mitchell L., Goldstone J. Springer, 2022.