The author analyzes different eras of the partnership between Russia and the influential regional grouping of ASEAN over the last 20 years. ASEAN’s leading role in laying the foundations for peace and security in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific Region as a whole is demonstrated, along with the strategic, political, and economic importance to Russia of strengthening partnership with this organization in all areas.
ECONOMICS Corruption in Russia, Russia Corrupted: Is There a Way Out?V. Kleiner The Depletion of Academic RentYe. Balatsky HISTORY Arms Production in Russia in the Early 20th CenturyV. Polikarpov PHILOLOGY Unidentified Allusions: 1970s Critiques of Georgy Vladimov’s Novel Three Minutes of SilenceV. Sobol POLITICAL SCIENCE The Crisis of Ukrainian Statehood: Political, Legal, Axiological and Geoeconomic AspectsV. […]
Xinhua: China creates national administration of disease prevention and control, with five major functions including formulating policies for the prevention and control of infectious diseases
POLITICS Twenty Years of the Russia-ASEAN PartnershipYe. Kobelev The “History Issue” in Japan’s Relations with Neighboring Countries: Sources and EvolutionD. Streltsov The “History Issue” in Japan’s Current Relations with China and the Republic of KoreaA. Batakova Japan’s Policy Toward Taiwan: Issues and TrendsI. Gordeyeva ROUND TABLE AT THE RAS IFES Security Problems in East AsiaG. […]
GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY Strategic Deterrence Against the U.S. Global ABM System and Prompt Global Strike CapabilitiesA.L. Khryapin, D.A. Kalinkin, V.V. Matvichuk Political and Military Aspects of the Russian Federation’s State Policy on International Information SecurityI.N. Dylevsky, V.P. Elyas, S.A. Komov, A.N. Petrunin, V.O. Zapivakhin Military Security of the Russian Federation: How It Can Be Maintained […]
The authors take new approaches to available options for Russia to maintain its military security by, in particular, using “soft power” and improving its strategic deterrence system.
Fujian Province is located between the southeast coast of continental China and the west coast of Taiwan Strait. The tortuous coastline is over 3,000 kilometers long and forms numerous harbors. As an unavoidable section of the Maritime Silk Road during its history of over a thousand years, the coastal area of Fujian Province has been […]
Some of the Zhengzhou Museum collections of inscribed bronzes were not published, including three gu-goblets, one jue-cup, one li-cauldron and one spear head. Below is a summary discussion of these six artifacts. 1. One gu-goblet (Artifact ZH1496), submitted by the former Henan Cultural Heritage Task Force (now the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and […]
Statistical and geographical data concerning pirates’ attacks in recent years are cited, their actions, as well as measures taken by coastal states to thwart them are described.