22/12/2023 07:00
"The era of Eurasia has begun", leading politicians have repeatedly said in recent years. Eurasia magazine, now entering its third volume, has been covering the transformation of the world order and the Eurasian super-region for two years. However, world order transformations do not happen overnight, but over many years or even decades - so I am confident that Eurasia magazine will continue to accompany the Dear Reader through the raging sea of these great changes for many years, if not decades to come.
In 2023, we have seen this sea rage ever more violently: In a world torn apart by a pandemic, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict erupted in 2022, escalating in 2023, followed by an energy crisis and new proxy wars breaking out all over the world:
And the list goes on. After the end of the Cold War, the number of conflicts in the world has steadily declined, but since 2010 it has been on the rise again. Today, the number, intensity and duration of conflicts worldwide are at their highest level since the end of the Cold War, according to an analysis by the Peace Research Institute Oslo.
The world has sensed that the unipolar world order, the Atlantic era, is changing and that we are entering a new Eurasia era. Consequently, the conflicts can be divided into two broad categories:
The events of recent decades show that the Atlantic era is over and a new era is dawning. "The era of Eurasia has begun," said György Matolcsy, President of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, the central bank of Hungary, at the opening of the 2019 Pre-Session Eurasia Forum. For the fourth time in 2023, the Budapest Eurasia Forum, held for the fourth time at Magyar Nemzeti Bank in 2023, brought together 52 high-level political and academic leaders from 15 countries to discuss the future of the Eurasia era and a new world based on sustainable, peaceful cooperation.
Eurasia magazine also aims to bring the idea of the Eurasia era closer to our readers, to help them better understand and prepare for a new era in which opportunities, not threats, should be recognised.
As we start the year 2024 with our third volume, on behalf of the editorial team, I wish you a blessed holiday season, a peaceful and happy New Year and a successful preparation for the challenges of the Eurasia era.