If you study history, you will see that major changes have always been accompanied by major crises. And to be honest, what we are witnessing now is difficult to call a global crisis. It is more of a local one, especially in the regions where there are currently intense military conflicts. You could say that COVID affected the entire planet, but I feel like it was just a rehearsal for a much bigger global crisis that lies ahead.
I can't agree with the idea that we’re currently witnessing only local crises. In my opinion, what we’re seeing now is already the beginning — and not even the earliest stage — of a global crisis. It simply hasn't fully manifested in economic terms yet. This is a crisis of democracy and of the core values of the Western world — a crisis of economic benefit as the main priority in relationships. We're witnessing a shift toward national and more closed frameworks, toward internal mobilization, and toward harsher methods of influence and decision-making. And the economy will inevitably follow this shift as well.