The article examines global trends in the process of forming a new world order, which the authors interpret as a generalised name for a set of processes, phenomena, development trends and political practices that determine systemic global shifts (their sequence, content, nature, subjectivity, perspectives). Among them, the authors pinpoint three established and cross-cutting trends, such as the asynchronous dynamics of political regimes, with democratisation serving as a conventional focal point; the asymmetric patterns of global migration movements; and the rethinking of the borderlands role, notably in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine. Having local specifics of implementation (at the level of states and regions), these trends in a core are subjectless and do not depend on specific political figures who come to power or lead the world rankings of influence.