POLITICS Highlights of China’s Foreign Policy in 2020 (Read this article online for FREE)V. Portyakov Indo-Nepalese Relations: Problems and ProspectsE. Shirgazina ECONOMICS Energy Balances of East Asian Countries in the Context of Global TrendsA. Akimov Regulation of the Circulation of Digital Financial Assets in Hong Kong, Macao, and Mainland ChinaA. Alekseyenko THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Chen […]
This article notes that Washington and Tokyo intend to continue hindering Taiwan’s reunification with Mainland China, which would greatly strengthen Beijing’s position in the Pacific Ocean. Under the administration of President Donald Trump, the United States notably stepped up its support for Taiwan, in both expanding its official ties with Taipei and supplying it with American arms.
GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY Gray Zones as Key Elements of the Current Operational Space in Hybrid Warfare (Part I)A.A. Bartosh Gray Zones as Key Elements of the Current Operational Space in Hybrid Warfare (Part II)A.A. Bartosh The Militarization of International Politics and Its Impact on Russia’s Defense SecurityA.V. Kopylov, I.V. Vasilyev Military Challenges and Threats to […]
Wars that are a continuation of politics by states have practically always been waged according to special rules of warfare, by a specially trained state organization: the army. Analysis of the international situation that has evolved lately shows that the military conflicts occurring in the world are fundamentally different from the classical war type. New-type conflicts lack the uniformity of organized force traditionally represented by the state. Instead, they feature nonstate entities as initiators of organized action and the employment of nonmilitary methods of confrontation along with traditional military methods.
The Role of Economic Diplomacy in the System of International RelationsA. Naryshkin WORLD ISSUES The Impact of Financial Globalization on the Formation of the European Economic and Monetary UnionA. Kuznetsov, V. Pishchik Brexit Opens Pandora’s Box: What the Separatists’ Victory Means for Britain and EuropeV. Mikheyev ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and Skyrocketing US-Chinese TensionsV. […]
Humanity is going through a painful process of deglobalization. Whether this process is inevitable or not (and if not, then who is responsible for it) is a matter of debate. In any case, the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the postcrisis period of 2010-2013 made it abundantly clear that globalization’s linear development, to say […]
CONTENTS In This Issue FOCUS ON RUSSIA Russia’s Pivot to the East: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects (Read this article online for FREE)A. Torkunov, D. Streltsov, E. Koldunova Local Self-Government in Contemporary RussiaO. Molyarenko Educational Failure of Russian Students: A Sociological Interpretation of the ProblemG. Zborovsky, P. Ambarova ESSAYS Global Constitutionalism: Integration or Fragmentation of International […]
This article analyzes some aspects of civilizationism as a trend in the self-positioning strategies of several Asian states, notably China and India, as well as some other countries. Close attention is paid to the concept of the civilization state (CS), as distinct from the nation state (NS), where the former reveals the specific characteristics of the major non-Western states.
GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY Ensuring Intellectual Leadership Is Fundamental to National SecurityA.M. Ilnitsky Using Security Models to Assess and Predict a Military-Political SituationK.T. Malitsky, V.V. Shumov MILITARY ART Motorized Infantry Fire in Combat: Problems and SolutionsN.N. Beydin Using Geospatial Data to Locate and Destroy a Moving Ground TargetYu.Ye. Donskov, P.A. Fedyunin, V.A. Vastlyev Transformation of the […]
Wars that are a continuation of politics by states have practically always been waged according to special rules of warfare, by a specially trained state organization: the army. Analysis of the international situation that has evolved lately shows that the military conflicts occurring in the world are fundamentally different from the classical war type. New-type conflicts lack the uniformity of organized force traditionally represented by the state. Instead, they feature nonstate entities as initiators of organized action and the employment of nonmilitary methods of confrontation along with traditional military methods.