The article gives a detailed characteristic of the modern world order and substantiates the concept of a polycentric world with a dynamic change in hierarchies suggested by IMEMO – a «new normality» that implies the situation of uncertainty and high volatility in the world economic policy. Many trends shaped in the 20th century are running the gantlet now – the old world order is broken and the way to a new order will be very tortuous. Despite the obvious progress, Russia

has recently come across the need for finding a new economic growth model. This model should be connected with structural and institutional changes, the quality of human resources, innovations, and advanced technologies. The author believes that there are no universal algorithms and regularities of economic and political development created at the expert and scientific levels that can be used as guidelines in the 21st century. There are different economic concepts, but they are hardly acceptable for all regions and countries. Therefore the global community is in search of a new economic postulate and it is also an example of looking for a «new normality» – there is a need for new economic concepts rather than universal algorithms. The world makes a step from common values to the balance of interests.