SOCIETY AND REFORMS Strengthening Law and Order and Combating Corruption in the Context of Eurasian IntegrationT. Khabriyeva, N. Chernogor Axiological Transformation of Russian Society Amid a Sociopolitical Crisis and Post-Crimea SyndromeL. Byzov RUSSIAN POLITICAL PROCESS “Politicized” Bureaucrats as Agents of Economic Development in Resource-Rich RegionsS. Levin, K. Sablin JUSTICE Between Leviathan and Mammon: In Search […]
POLITICS The Taiwan Issue in Modern Sino-American RelationsA. Voloshina ECONOMICS The Silk Road Economic Belt – A New Model of Attractive Economic Partnership for the Eurasian Economic UnionB. Heifetz The Problem of Debt in China’s Economy: Assessment, Scenarios, and SolutionsI. Vakhrushin THEORY AND METHODOLOGY In Memoriam: Yakov Mikhailovich Berger The Science and Technology Component in […]
During this investigation, the authors visited some villagers in Zhangbi Village and learned that the heads of the Buddha and Bodhisattva from the lower niche to the west on the boulder were stolen, and their whereabouts are unknown. The authors acquired from the villagers two photographs of the cliff sculptures taken before their heads were stolen,[3] which show their original state. A discussion of the time of the carving, style and motifs of the Dafoshan cliff sculptures, and of the southward migration of the Yungang style indicated by the sculptures, follows.
ECONOMICS “Path Dependence” and Problems of Modernization from AboveN. Pliskevich HISTORY Europeanization, Westernization and the Mechanisms of Adaptation of Western Innovations in Imperial RussiaYe. Alekseyeva, D. Redin, M.-P. Rey PHILOLOGY Time Does Not Exist: The Works of Yevgeny VodolazkinA. Magly PHILOSOPHY The Concept of Free Will in EthicsL. Maksimov POLITICAL SCIENCE It Did Not Work […]
The author examines the results of the 15-year activity of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, its structure, and relations between its members. He also analyzes its role in the region and partnership problems, and forecasts the organization’s development prospects in the currently unfolding new world order.
RAS IFES ROUND TABLE The Current State of Russian-Chinese Relations POLITICS Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Where Is It Headed?V. Vorobyov China in BRICS: First Among EqualsYa. Leksyutina ECONOMICS The Role of Chinese Living Abroad in the Development of the Northern Branch of the Silk Road Economic BeltA. Afonasyeva Ferrous Metallurgy of the PRC during the 12th […]
China has proposed a number of integration concepts that are compatible with the interests of Russia but contradict efforts by the United States to maintain a unipolar world order under its hegemony. The author’s aim is to assess the pluses and minuses of RF and PRC integration projects in Eurasia, identify the obstacles standing in the way of their execution, and find ways of eliminating existing problems.
ECONOMICS The Legitimacy of Private Property in Russia: An Unresolved IssueL. Grigoryev, A. Kurdin HISTORY The Soviet Union and the Versailles System: Politics in the Middle East. 1921-1927V. Romanenko PHILOLOGY The Characters of Ivan Goncharov’s Novel The Precipice in the Context of Russia’s Economic HistoryS. Kazakova PHILOSOPHY The “Dark Matter” of TextL. Karasev In Defense […]
In Memoriam: Academician M.L. Titarenko (Interview with A.V. Vinogradov) POLITICS Integration Projects for Eurasia: The Approaches of China, Russia, and the United StatesYu. Morozov Beijing between Pyongyang and SeoulK. Asmolov Chinese Leaders’ Approaches to Fighting International TerrorismYu. Khatchenkov Japan’s Official Development Assistance Policy and Security InterestsK. Voda The Seventh Congress of the DPRK Workers Party: […]
In January 2016, a new stage of reforming the command and control system of the armed forces began in China. This author examines redistribution of powers among the heads of the armed forces command and control system.