The year 2023 has seen a noticeable intensification of Russian-North Korean interaction, confirmed by the active exchange of mutual visits. In summer 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu visited Pyongyang; in September, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Vladivostok and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin; and in October, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov went to the DPRK.
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This article analyzes the current formation of the geopolitical landscape and its impact on the use of military force and nonviolent means to achieve the political and economic interests of global powers in interstate conflicts. Based on an analysis of recent scientific and technological advances, this study predicts probable developments in the nature and content of military conflicts in the near future.
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REALISTS believe that human nature is inherently flawed (the legacy of Hobbes’s anthropological pessimism and, on an even deeper level, the legacy of the Christian idea of the Fall, or lapsus in Latin) and cannot be fundamentally corrected, which means that selfishness, predation, and violence are impossible to eradicate. This leads to the conclusion that man (who, according to Hobbes, is a wolf to another man) can only be restrained and regulated by means of a strong state. The state is inevitable and is the bearer of supreme sovereignty. At the same time, the predatory and egoistic nature of man is projected onto the state; therefore, the nation-state has its own interests. These interests take into account only their own state, while the will to violence and greed mean war is always a possibility. Realists believe that this has always been and always will be.
FOCUS ON RUSSIA Traditions and Innovations in the Development Policy of Rural Territories in Russia: The Potential of CossacksE. Morozova, I. Miroshnichenko Worldview Specifics of Supporters of the Western Path of Development for Russia in Mass Population StrataN. Tikhonova National Network of Academic Journals as a System: Problems Before and After SanctionsE. Semenov ESSAYS On […]
This article presents the concept of the diversity of Russian philosophy. Philosophical diversity, the many faces of Russian thought in different epochs, calls for corresponding hermeneutic procedures to be understood holistically.
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Amid unfolding events related to the Ukraine crisis, the focus on various aspects of China’s policies has sharpened considerably. This paper aims to analyze core aspects of the Chinese leadership’s strategy using a dependable source base spanning from December 2021 through March 2023.
Russia and Brazil: A Friendship That Has Stood the Test of Time S. Lavrov WORLD ISSUES BRICS as a Symbol of the New World A. Davydenko The Fate of the State in a Changing World (FREE content!)V. Yegorov Evolution of the World Order and Russia’s Ideas About the Outside World A. Bogaturov, O. Lebedeva Apocalypse […]