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 Deterrence and Coercion in the Hybrid Warfare StrategyA.A. Bartosh The World Geopolitical Situation and Its Influence on the Regulatory and Legal Framework of Preparing Russia’s Population for DefenseA.G. Likhonosov, I.V. Vasilyev Trends in Threats to the Military Security of the Russian FederationD.A. Pavlov, V.Yu. Sizov MILITARY ART On the Detection of Decoy […]
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.
WORLD ISSUES Escalation Around Taiwan: Facets of the ConflictS. Trush Practical Results and New Horizons of Eurasian IntegrationM. Myasnikovich, V. Kovalyov Cooperation Between the Amazonian Countries Amid Current Global ChallengesYa. Burlyay B. Nekrasov RUSSIA AND OTHER NATIONS Politics of Memory in Russian-Japanese Relations: Resolving Differences of OpinionN. Bondarenko The Indo-Pacific as a Geopolitical Construct: India’s […]
IN HIS classic book On War, the eminent 19th century German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz generalized the experience of the Napoleonic wars: “The art of war … makes War of all branches of human activity the most like a gambling game.”1 It seems that since the time when Clausewitz defined war as “the continuation […]
WORLD ISSUES Russia, the World’s New Breadbasket, Has a Special MissionV. Rakhmanin Transport Corridors: Geopolitical AspectsV. Yegorov, V. Shtol Promoting the Greater Eurasian Partnership Initiative: Convergence of the Interests of States, Businesses, and International InstitutionsK. Barsky, S. Krasilnikov, S. Mikhnevich Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications and the Freedom of Movement for Workers in the EU […]
ON DECEMBER 8, 1991, the heads of three Union republics – Boris Yeltsin (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Leonid Kravchuk (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), and Stanislav Shushkevich (Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic) – signed the Belavezha Accords, dissolving the Soviet Union.1 That document was unprecedented in terms of international practice and its socioeconomic consequences for the once […]
RUSSIAN FAR EAST State Strategy for the Accelerated Development of the Electric Power Industry in the Soviet Far East (1964-1991): Historical ExperienceA. Maklyukov VIEWPOINT Thoughts on How China and Russia Can Work Together to Prevent “Color Revolutions” (Read this article online for FREE)Wang Chensheng, Jiang Hongfei Reliability of the Narrative in the Memoirs of Eduard […]
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.
FOCUS ON RUSSIA Civilizational Features of Russia’s Development in the Context of Modern Social TransformationsV. Pantin Institutional Trust as Social Capital in Modern Russia (Based on Survey Results)Yu. Latov ESSAYS Post-Soviet De Facto States: Trajectories of Their Struggle for SovereigntyS. Markedonov Thirty Years of Reforms: The Experience of Petrostates in the Post-Soviet SpaceS. Zhavoronkov, V. […]