THE NEW AGE: THE RETURN TO GREAT-POWER RIVALRY IS INEVITABLE

The strategic change of United States' arrangement, from the fight against terrorism to the competition with China and Russia, leads to their confrontation in several regions of the globe. In this confrontation, the Great Powers rely on the use of proxy, and this fact will alleviate the potential of a direct conflict among them, but the competition will have profound implications for the nations' stability. A series of states are susceptible to serve as theatres of competition in the energy field, others – as strategic points in the global geography. Conflicts will arise in those countries in which they hadn't existed before, and will deepen in those countries in which they already exist. In both cases, global instability will increase