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«TRUMP CARDS» OF DEMOCRACY: WINNING THE GAME AGAINST AUTOCRACY

Global politics is entering a new era, Global Competition 2.0, where old and new players redefine their strategies. While realpolitik remains a dominant paradigm, a new approach, game policy, is emerging as a counterweight to authoritarian offensives. Unlike traditional power struggles, game policy is a great simulation — an adaptive strategy that blends disinformation, hybrid warfare, and strategic unpredictability, to challenge adversaries. In this article, we will answer the following questions — what is Global Competition 2.0? What is the confrontation between real policy and game policy? And what does all of this mean for Ukraine?

The EU advances the expansion of its social environment, Russia resorts to military force, and the United States engages in strategic political and geo-economic manoeuvring


Zurab Bezhanishvili is an independent researcher specialising in National Security, Public Administration, International Relations, and Geopolitics, with a focus on Europe and Eurasia Studies. He was a PhD fellow in Political Analysis at Moscow State University but quit the programme in August 2008 due to the outbreak of war. As president of the International Community for Georgia Development and Progress, he leads projects focused on social development and security. Currently, Zurab is engaged in academic writing and national security research, with a vision dedicated to strengthen Georgia


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