This article examines the stages of establishing a Southeast Asian regional complex from the end of the 1940s to the present day. The prehistory of creating a regionwide organization that would allow the building of a collective regional identity is described.
FOCUS ON RUSSIA “Liberals” vs. “Democrats”: Ideational Trajectories of Russia’s Post-Communist TransformationV. Gel’man Typical Views, Attitudes and Self-Identifications in Principal Strata of Today’s Russian SocietyN. Tikhonova Jews in Contemporary Russia: Assimilation and DissimilationA. Levinson ESSAYS Crisis of the Union State of Russia and BelarusA. Suzdaltsev The Stalin Prizes of Architect Ivan Zholtovsky (1940-1953)O. Shurygina Leo […]
FOCUS ON RUSSIA Social Effects of Post-Soviet Transformations in RussiaM. Gorshkov Phenomenology of the “Life World” of Urbanities in the Extra-Urban Space in the Russian Near North: Home and DomesticationN. Pokrovsky, U. Nikolaeva, J. Demidova ESSAYS Globalization vs. Nation-State: Going Backwards?K. Kholodkovsky Political Aspects of Contemporary IslamismL. Grinin, A. Korotayev Afghan Events of 1979-1989: From […]
FACTS vs. LIES A Victory No One Can Take Away from RussiaV.N. Buslovsky GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY Cultural and Informational Confrontation: History and ModernityM.A. Artyukh Potential Military Threats in the Arctic in the Medium TermA.A. Khomkin Military Science and Military Prognostication Amid Confrontation between Intelligence and Information SystemsV.D. Ryabchuk MILITARY THEORY AND PRACTICE EW Weapon System […]
FACTS v. LIES The Great Victory under Fire from Falsifiers of History – Part I: Speculations about the Initial Period of the Great Patriotic WarV.V. Litvinenko, V.N. Uryupin The Great Victory under Fire from Falsifiers of History of History – Part II. Perversion of the Course of Battles on the Soviet-German FrontV.V. Litvinenko, V.N. Uryupin […]
This paper examines China’s approaches to conducting information warfare in present-day conditions.
This paper goes over the most popular myths of the Wehrmacht superiority showing that the widespread belief about the superior martial qualities of its soldiers and the captainship of its generals have been grossly overrated, while their treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians in occupied territories was nothing short of criminal.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF INTERVIEWS CONTENTS WORLD ISSUES Germany and the U.S.: A Friendship of Convenience?V. Vasilyev The Main Directions of EU Policy in the Black Sea RegionS. Gavrilova Et tu, Emmanuel? Or Why the West Rewrites HistoryD. Demurin A WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East: The Road Toward It as Seen From MoscowN. Artemenkova, V. Orlov China-U.S.: Prospects […]
The outbreak of the trade war is associated with the election in 2016 of U.S. President Donald Trump, who in large part built his campaign on criticizing China and promising to put an end to its “unfair” trade practices that “rob America” and deprive its citizens of jobs. The fixation on anti-Chinese rhetoric was made […]