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Власть и интеллектуальная элита в условиях политических трансформаций. Опыт Европы, Юго-Восточной Азии и постсоветского пространства.
Энциклопедия «Общественная мысль Русского зарубежья» — научно-справочное издание, ставящее целью проследить развитие отечественной общественной мысли в хронологических рамках всех волн эмиграции с середины XIX в. по настоящее время. Отдельные статьи посвящены вопросам общего характера: географии общественной мысли Русского зарубежья, важнейшим направлениям, концепциям и теориям общественного развития, раскрывающим мировоззренческие представления лучших умов российской эмиграции, социально-политические идеалы ее различных слоев и страт. Основной массив составляют статьи о выдающихся представителях интеллектуальной элиты российского общества, оказавшихся в силу различных обстоятельств вне пределов Отечества.
Edited volume based on contributions and presentations done by participants in the international conference “Russia in the World of Power in the XXI century”, which was devoted to the 20-th Anniversary of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and the 10-th anniversary of “Russia in Global Affairs” journal.
The deepening rift between the system's potential and the challenges of rapidly changing socio-economic conditions make the transformation of Russia's state apparatus a matter of the nearest future; while, barring a radical overhaul, its preservation until 2025 is virtually impossible. Two major trends and resulting changes in administrative organization will determine Russia's political development processes in the coming years: reformatting relations between the authorities and society and reconfiguring arrangements between the federal center and regions. The center-regions relations dynamics is analyzed in terms of long pendulum oscillations with pendulum moving now from the model of 'federation of corporations' to the model of 'federation of regions'.
This special publication for the 2012 New Delhi Summit is a collection of articles by government officials from BRICS countries, representatives of international organizations, businessmen and leading researchers.
The list of Russian contributors includes Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, Maxim Medvedkov, Director of the Trade Negotiations Department of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, Vladimir Dmitriev, Vnesheconombank Chairman, Alexander Bedritsky, advisor to the Russian President, VadimLukov, Ambassador-at-large of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry, and representatives of the academic community.
The publication also features articles by the President of Kazakhstan NursultanNazarbayev and internationally respected economist Jim O’Neil, who coined the term “BRIC”. In his article Jim O’Neil speculates about the future of the BRICS countries and the institution as a whole.
The publication addresses important issues of the global agenda, the priorities of BRICS and the Indian Presidency, the policies and competitive advantages of the participants, as well as BRICS institutionalization, enhancing efficiency and accountability of the forum.