Motives and Factors of Confrontation in the Modern World Economy: the Civilizational Aspect

Abstract

The depth of the existing contradictions between states in the modern world economy requires a comprehensive and unbiased analysis, because without understanding the true causes of the confrontation between the parties to international relations, it is impossible to make correct and adequate strategic decisions. The subject of the study is the motives and factors of the confrontation between states and business in the modern world economy. The purpose of the work is to identify the causes of the fierce confrontation that manifested itself in the conditions of the Ukrainian conflict of 2022 and which tends to quickly turn into a global economic and geopolitical conflict. In this work, a civilizational approach has been applied to the analysis of the motives, factors and causes of the global confrontation of states. As a result of the conducted research, it is concluded that the modern geopolitical confrontation between Russia and the West is of a civilizational nature and is based on the desire of the countries of Western civilization to preserve their privileges, to force other states to adopt a model of the world financial architecture favorable to them, based on the dominance of the United States and the dollar as a world currency. The main reasons for the aggravation of the confrontation between states are the change in the balance of forces in the world, increased competition for all types of material, financial and labor resources, including highly qualified specialists, digitalization processes that reduce the degree of influence of countries on economic and socio-political processes.