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Patterns of international organizations’ engagement in reform and policy making in the post-Soviet space
East European Politics. 2024. Vol. 40. No. 2. P. 299–321.
Dekalchuk A., Grigoriev I., Starodubtsev A.
The paper explains how states and international organisations interact in policy making by focusing on five countries of the post-Soviet space. Based on in-depth interviews conducted in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, we explore different patterns of state-IO interactions and explain the determinants of these patterns’ formation. We demonstrate that these patterns arise from a combination of two country-level factors: political openness of the system and national regulation of international actors’ involvement into the policy process. However, the patterns of state-IOs relations prove strongly mitigated by the intervening variable of the national reform ecosystem’s configuration and resource endowment.
Kaspe S. I., Russia in Global Affairs 2026 Vol. 24 No. 4 P. 138–167
This article examines the stereotypes about China that prevail in the West and Russia and make them perceive it not only as a strategic challenge, but an existential threat. The article demonstrates that the most common fears are overstated and counterfactual, and that they are grounded in the West itself. Modern China cannot be identified ...
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Мусиева Д. М., Akaev A., Век глобализации 2025 Т. 56 № 4 С. 3–15
В работе дана кратчайшая история взаимоотношений Китая и США, которые за 40 лет прошли путь от экономического сотрудничества до глобального противостояния. Проведен анализ современного экономико-техно-логического и социально-политического состояния данных стран, показавший, что Китай как восходящая держава и США, находящиеся на нисходящей траектории, сегодня являются примерно равновеликими по совокупной мощи. Делается вывод о том, что нынешнее ...
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Yenikeyeff S., Russia in Global Affairs 2026 Vol. 24 No. 4 P. 10–41
This article maps the contours of the global energy order that may emerge by 2040. It argues that global energy flows are being transformed from a price-driven commodity trade into instruments of strategic power by four simultaneous processes: an uneven low-carbon transition, the securitization of energy flows, the fragmentation of the international monetary system, and ...
Added: October 2, 2026
Baklanov A., Международная жизнь 2026 № 9 С. 4–15
This article, using materials from the Russian Foreign Ministry archive, analyzes the origins, dynamics, and outcomes of the 1956 Suez Crisis. It emphasizes the crucial importance of the Soviet Union's harsh demarche against Great Britain and France, which forced London and Paris to cease their aggression against Egypt. It examines the approaches of various states ...
Added: October 1, 2026
Kazun A. D., Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз 2026 № 3 С. 80–98
The article analyzes media skepticism and media cynicism as two forms of critical attitudes toward news. The empirical basis of the study is a nationwide population survey (N = 6,007) conducted in late 2023 and early 2024. The analysis shows that both media skepticism and media cynicism are pronounced in Russian society: while a substantial ...
Added: October 1, 2026
Balakina Y. V., Коммуникации. Медиа. Дизайн 2026 Т. 11 № 3 С. 24–44
This article explores the role of multimodal media texts (MMT) in political communication. MMT are seen as a blend of cultural and symbolic forms, manifested through various semiotic modes such as text, image, sound, and their combinations in the media space. The goal is to elucidate how these texts construct social reality and their functions ...
Added: October 1, 2026
Korotayev A., Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution UC Riverside 2026 Vol. 17 No. 2 P. 1–38
This paper examines the striking mathematical correspondence between two independently derived hyperbolic equations describing global evolutionary dynamics: Panov's time series of "biospheric revolutions" spanning 4 billion years of biological and cultural evolution, and von Foerster's famous "Doomsday" equation for world population growth (1960). Both phenomena are governed by equations of the form y = C/(2027 ...
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Shishkina A., Issaev L., Journal of Globalization Studies 2026 Vol. 17 No. 1 P. 145–156
This article is aimed at discussing the global and regional aspects of Islamic modernization. The study discusses the transformation of ideas about the role of women in the public space by the case study on the North Caucasus. The attitudes of traditional society, the influence of Soviet power, the role of Islamization, both early and ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Diskin E., Закон 2026 № 1 С. 92–123
In the January Legal Chronicle our authors comment on several significant legal events that happened at the end of 2025: decisions of the Constitutional Court No. 31-P on the payment of dividends on preferred shares, No. 41-P on VAT, No. 46-P on the fate of seized property in bankruptcy cases; discussion in the EU Council ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Gribkova D. E., Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления 2026 № 3 С. 151–176
Global challenges, economic security risks, sociodemographic and environmental processes, and accelerating technological development are creating a fundamentally new context for Public Administration that demands knowledge-based decision-making. The growing interest in proactive and predictive governance has led to the active use of science and technology foresight. However, the governance of scientific and technological development still faces ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Dubravskiy P., Электоральная политика 2024 № 2 С. 2
The paper explores the phenomenon of populism in Latin America as represented by two prominent political figures: Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, and Javier Milei, President of Argentina. Both leaders embody different approaches to populism, using charismatic leadership and radical rhetoric to mobilize the population and challenge political elites. The paper analyzes the methods ...
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Dubravskiy P., Электоральная политика 2025 № 1 С. 1
The paper examines the key factors behind Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Special attention is given to sociopolitical shifts in American society, the effectiveness of the Republican campaign, the use of digital political technologies, and strategic outreach to key voter groups in swing states. The research data for the study includes ...
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Soloshcheva M., Российское китаеведение 2026 Vol. 14 No. 1 P. 6–23
This article examines the conceptualization of Chinese soft power and the implementation
of the PRC’s soft power strategy in Africa. First introduced into academic
discourse by American political scientist Joseph Nye in 1990, the concept was subsequently
adopted and critically re-evaluated by Chinese political theorists, most notably
Wang Huning, Yan Xuetong, Yang Shengping and Zhang Guozuo. The term has ...
Added: September 27, 2026
Micah Y.B. Zing, Alisa R. Shishkina, Международная аналитика 2026 Vol. 2 No. 17 P. 126–138
The article focuses on the Western mainstream media (WMM) discourse on Russia-Africa relations and how Russo-Western information confrontation affects the diplomatic dialogue between Russia and African states. Historically, the Soviet Union fostered a friendly relationship with the continent, characterised by solidarity and mutual respect. The collapse of the Soviet Union, the WMM discourse on Russian-African ...
Added: September 25, 2026
Maksimenko A., Дейнека О. С., Загладина А. Р., Гуманитарные, социально-экономические и общественные науки 2026 № 9
The aim of the study was to develop and psychometrically validate the Amoral Creativity Questionnaire and to assess its relationships with dark personality traits and corrupt intentions. The sample comprised 722 respondents (mean age 38.5 years, 56.1% female) residing in Russia. To assess convergent validity, measures of machiavellianism, subclinical psychopathy, covert narcissism, psychological superiority, social ...
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Diskin E., Russia in Global Affairs 2026 No. 3 P. 142–167
This article examines whether digital sovereignty can be sustained through domestic policy alone. Drawing on securitization theory, geoeconomics, the concept of weaponized interdependence, and regime complex theory, the article analyzes four cases: the U.S., the EU, China, and Russia. These actors confront different limitations on their control over the digital environment: insufficient regulation in the ...
Added: September 24, 2026
Трещенков Е. Ю., Вестник РГГУ. Серия: Евразийские исследования. История. Политология. Международные отношения 2025 № 1 С. 110–134
Понятие «суверенитет» стало одним из ключевых в дискурсе России и Европейского союза. К нему они прибегают, обосновывая свои позиции в отношении друг друга в рамках конфликта по линии Россия-Запад. Особое место в этом конфликте занимают государства постсоветского пространства. В предлагаемом исследовании выявлены особенности присутствия государств региона в дискурсах суверенитета и в связанных с ними политических ...
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Zaripov N., Политическая наука 2026 № 3 С. 234–256
The article examines the institutional features of committees functioning in the legislative bodies of post-Soviet countries at the present stage. Based on the thesis that parliamentary committees are unique organizations where politics intersects with expertise, the author compares their role in lawmaking between countries with different political trajectories but a common institutional past. The current ...
Added: July 25, 2026
Kamenskii A. B., Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2026.
This monograph represents a comprehensive analysis of the history of reforms in 18th-century Russia, beginning with the reforms of Peter the Great and ending with the counter-reforms of the late 19th century. The book offers an original conception of the phenomenon of reform as a subject of historical research. ...
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Gaman-Golutvina O. V., Сравнительная политика 2025 Т. 16 № 3 С. 4–29
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Shelkovnikov A., Дорошенко Г. А., Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 2025 Vol. 19 No. 3 P. 272–284
The study analyzes one of the most important elements of Russia’s foreign policy at the present stage. The stated topic is explored on the basis of three components: a study of the Russian Federation’s policy on promoting BRICS and the SCO among the Gulf countries, an analysis of the positions and degree of practical participation ...
Added: April 20, 2026
Panin N., Ученые записки Института Африки РАН 2025 Т. 11 № 4 (73) С. 45–64
The study of international organizations (IOs) has emerged as a sub-discipline in International Relations, with academic debate revolving around areas as different as decision-making, performance and service delivery, agency and reform, autonomy and bureaucracies, peacekeeping and access to leadership positions. Not as much focus has been placed on the complexity of roles that IOs could ...
Added: April 19, 2026
Panin N., Сравнительная политика 2025 Т. 16 № 2 С. 185–215
В статье рассматривается сотрудничество с международными организациями как самостоятельный вектор внешней политики Нигерии с учетом основных задач, которые Абуджа стремится решить участием в ООН, Содружестве наций, Движении неприсоединения, ОПЕК, ФАО, а также ОИС на современном этапе (с 1999 г.). Кроме того, анализируется изменение позиции Нигерии в отношении ключевых неформальных институтов (БРИКС и G20) после прихода ...
Added: April 19, 2026
Khlevniuk O. V., Ab Imperio 2025 № 4 С. 93–108
This essay is a contribution to the book forum “Soviet Departmentalism”. Author concurs that while the Soviet system appeared to be a monolithic hierarchy, it was actually driven by the competing interests and social practices of various administrative structures that negotiated for power and resources. He points to a shift in modern scholarship toward the microanalysis of social narratives ...
Added: March 28, 2026