The Geopolitics of Imbalance: How Asymmetry Rules the World

This article examines the contemporary world order through the lens of geopolitics of imbalance, where resource asymmetry becomes a key tool of power. The author invokes the concepts of Global Deficit Elements (GED) and the Geopolitical Hegemonic Game (GHE), explaining that armed conflicts are merely the consequence of profound economic tensions. In an era of geoeconomic fragmentation, states are abandoning the liberal model of free trade in favor of building strategic resilience and energy sovereignty. A key element of this game is jurisdictional asymmetry and control over supply bottlenecks, particularly in the areas of technology and critical raw materials. The text sheds new light on geonomic mechanisms, in which the economy is not a neutral market but a system of interconnected vessels used to exert political pressure in a multipolar world.