Another North Korean nuclear test and the launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles have marked an end of the period of ambiguity, when great powers could think that the nuclear problem of the Korean Peninsula would be resolved as a matter of course. In the existing situation, North Korea, the U.S.A., the PRC, Russia, South Korea, and Japan are faced with a difficult choice.
RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION Agricultural Policy in RussiaS. Barsukova Reaction to Counter-Sanctions: “The Price Doesn’t Matter…”A. Zaostrovtsev Evolution of the Social Contract and Legitimization of AuthorityS. Korotayev, O. Shkaratan SOCIETY AND REFORMS The Impact of Global Value Chains on National Economic Systems and the Challenges Facing Russian Economic PolicyN. Smorodinskaya, D. Katukov 1917-2017 The Russian Orthodox Church […]
ROUND TABLE Current Problems of Russia-China Relations POLITICS The East Asian Vector of BRICS InterestsYe. Safronova Choice or Deferred Choice?G. Toloraya The 2017 Presidential Election in Mongolia: Foreign Policy AspectsV. Rodionov, D. Burayev Certain Aspects and Development Prospects for China-Japan RelationsXing Yuanyuan ECONOMICS The Development of Manufacturing Technologies in China: Problems, Results, and Challenges, Based […]
Under President Donald Trump, the United States will continue to follow a policy of global hegemony under the slogan “America First,” primarily to its own advantage. This applies to both Russo-American and Sino-American relations.
SOCIETY AND REFORMS Perceptions of Fairness and Economic Inequality in a Comparative Cross-National ContextA. Andreyenkov Socially Responsible Consumption in Russia: Factors and Development Potential of Market-oriented and Non-market PracticesM. Shabanova INCOME STRATIFICATION OF SOCIETY The Risks of Reduced Welfare of the Population: Stratification AnalysisYe. Avraamova LEGAL AWARENESS IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA Social Empathy in the Legal […]
ROUND TABLE Round Table at the Far Eastern Affairs Editorial Office on the Preparations for the CPC 19th CongressYe. Khazanov POLITICS Outlook for US Policy in Relations with China and RussiaYu. Morozov Results of the Russia-India-China Forum in New Delhi, and Current Tasks of the RIC FormatS. Uyanayev ECONOMICS Certain Aspects of China’s History and […]
December 11, 2016 marked the 15th anniversary of China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization. According to the Chinese, this date is grounds for automatically granting China the status of a country with a market economy. What has changed in relations between China and the countries of the European Union since that date, and what is behind the European countries’ hesitation to grant China this status? How are the results of the referendum in Great Britain influencing relations between China and the European Union? What are the prospects for the European Union and the United States concluding a Transatlantic Partnership trade agreement, and how will China’s position in Europe be affected as a result? These questions and others are examined in this work.
SOCIETY AND REFORMS Post-Socialist Transformation in Light of Discussions on Capitalist DiversityS. Glinkina Income Stratification in Russia: Characteristics of a Model and Its Trajectory of ChangeN. Tikhonova RUSSIAN POLITICAL PROCESS National Identity of Students in Russia and the USAM. Urnov, V. Kasamara The Specter of a “Revolutionary Situation”: Protest Actions and Protest Sentiments in Russia […]
POLITICS Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China in 2016V. Portyakov Beijing’s European OffensiveA. Vinogradov ECONOMICS The Formation of China as a Global Innovative PowerYa. Berger The Role of Chinese Living Abroad in the Development of the Southern Branch of the Silk Road Economic BeltA. Afonasyeva Assessment of Structural Changes in the Economy of […]
The author describes the history of creating nuclear weapons in the PRC and discloses the essence of its present nuclear doctrine. He also characterizes in detail the Missile Forces of the People’s Liberation Army of China and makes certain conclusions concerning the development prospects of the PRC armed forces.