Marina M. Lebedeva is Professor and Head of the World Politics Department in the Faculty of Governance and Politics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Russia.

Denis A. Kuznetsov is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Governance and Politics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Russia.

1 Megatrends and their reverse waves 2 Taming the waves of globalization and democratization: Global Governance of Megatrends 3 Subnational actors in the context of megatrends 4 Megatrends and socio-humanitarian resources of world politics 5 Megatrends in world politics and technological development 6 Transregional integration amid megatrends 7 Megatrends in the "Age of Migration" 8 Changing diasporas: (De)structuring by and of megatrends 9 Nationalism and Religious Fundamentalism as challenges to megatrends of world development 10 Megatrends of world politics in the face of international terrorism's challenges 11 Hybridization as a result of megatrends in modern education 12 COVID-19 and world politics: Does pandemic reverse the megatrends?