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This article analyzes China’s position on reaching a settlement on the crisis in Afghanistan. The dynamic of Beijing’s approach is described with allowance for inter-Afghan and regional challenges: strengthening the armed opposition in Afghanistan, its influence on the Muslim Uighurs of Xinjiang, and strengthening the strategic partnership between the United States and India in the region. The year 2015, when Beijing and Islamabad signed an agreement to create a China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC), was a landmark for the region.

FOCUS ON RUSSIA Russians on the Correlation Between the Interests of the State and Human Rights. An Empirical AnalysisN. Tikhonova Aging Trajectories of Women in Modern Russia I. Grigoryeva, I. Sizova Challenges to the Social Sciences and Humanities in Russia       A. Torkunov ESSAYS Philosophical Theory of Knowledge: Is Its Future in Question?Z. Sokuler (De)Construction of Identities and […]

POLITICS The Maldives Crisis in Chinese-Indian Relations: Causes and ConsequencesA. Kupriyanov Russia and Japan: Asymmetry of InterestsV. Kuzminkov Vietnam’s Current Approaches to Settling Disputes in the South China SeaYe. Narkhova Outlines of Security for the Greater Eurasian PartnershipV. Petrovsky The Silk Road Economic Belt Project and Security in Central AsiaYe. Safronova The RIC Format 20 […]

NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS The Excavation of the Tomb of the Yang Gui Couple of the Tang Dynasty in a Southern Suburb of Xi’an The Excavation of the Xigucheng City Site in Helong County, Jilin, 2007-2009 The Excavation of Tomb M1 in Ih Nur Sum, Xulun Hobot Qagan Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region The Excavation of […]

This article analyzes the structure and dynamics of raw materials and commodities exports from the Siberian Federal District to the PRC. It focuses on the branch and geographic specificities of the foreign trade activity of individual parts of Siberia. Special attention is paid to the foreign trade policy of the PRC in the sphere of imports, particularly from Russian regions.

FOCUS ON RUSSIA Transformations of Welfare Policy and Discourse on Social Justice in RussiaYe. Danilova Russian Workers through the Prism of Human Capital TheoryN. Latova Import Replacement Cannot Be a Long-Term StrategyB. Kheyfets, V. Chernova The Industry of Russia’s Northern Regions after Anti-Russian SanctionsK. Pavlov, V. Selin ESSAYS Has There Really Been Sociocultural Convergence Between […]

POLITICS The First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress of China and Constitutional AmendmentsA. Vinogradov, P. Troshchinsky Donald Trump’s Policy: Create a New Bloc in AsiaG. Lokshin Russia, China, and the North Korean Nuclear ProblemYu. Morozov The Beijing Consensus in International and Domestic Chinese Political DiscourseA. Vinogradov, D. Degterev, D. Spirina, A. Trusova ECONOMICS […]

This article considers the countries of the so-called “Big Three” and the relations among them today. An attempt is made to predict the places and roles of the three countries in reworking the world order, based on the views they hold and features of the existing and future world order. Recommendations are made for their optimization and building harmonious relations capable of establishing a durable and long-lasting peace.

FOCUS ON RUSSIA The Wiping Out of History: What Is Left of the Revolutionary Myth?L. Gudkov, N. Zorkaya State Assignments for Scientific WorkA. Gusev, A. Ladny, Ye. Beloklokov, M. Yurevich POST-SOVIET SOCIETIES Between the State and the Nation: Dilemmas of Identity Politics in Post-Soviet SocietiesI. Semenenko, V. Lapkin, A. Bardin, V. Pantin ESSAYS Ethics and […]

IN MEMORIAM Sergei L. Tikhvinsky, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (09.01.1918 – 02.24.2018) RAS IFES ROUND TABLE RAS IFES Round Table on APEC 2017: Possibilities of Regional Development (Review)V. Mazyrin POLITICS Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy as a Means of Containing ChinaV. Kistanov Japan’s Parliamentary Elections of 2017: Coming Full Circle, or a New […]