This article notes that Washington and Tokyo intend to continue hindering Taiwan’s reunification with Mainland China, which would greatly strengthen Beijing’s position in the Pacific Ocean. Under the administration of President Donald Trump, the United States notably stepped up its support for Taiwan, in both expanding its official ties with Taipei and supplying it with American arms.
“Today, these words may be perceived by some people with hostility.They can be interpreted in many possible ways. Yet, many people will hear me.”1 Russian President Vladimir Putin IT HAS taken me a long time to get around to writing this article. I kept putting it off, as though I was waiting for something. But […]
Russia and the Problem of Allied Relations in International Policy (Read this article online for FREE)T.V. Bordachyov Russia’s Mental Security StrategyA.M. Ilnitsky “Middle Asia” at the Crossroads of Geopolitical StrategiesA.N. Skalepov, N.V. Lagutkin MILITARY ART Prospects of Using Precision Weapons to Repel an Amphibious AssaultA.I. Kalistratov, S.P. Dvorchenko Using Electronic Warfare Capabilities in Mountainous Areas: […]
Wars that are a continuation of politics by states have practically always been waged according to special rules of warfare, by a specially trained state organization: the army. Analysis of the international situation that has evolved lately shows that the military conflicts occurring in the world are fundamentally different from the classical war type. New-type conflicts lack the uniformity of organized force traditionally represented by the state. Instead, they feature nonstate entities as initiators of organized action and the employment of nonmilitary methods of confrontation along with traditional military methods.
In This Issue FOCUS ON RUSSIA European and National Identity in the Perceptions of Modern Russian Youth: The Case of St. PetersburgE. Viktorova, D. Petrenko, N. Vlasova, E. Shishkina Poverty of Russian Professionals: Scale, Causes, TrendsN. Tikhonova E. Slobodenyuk ESSAYS Rivalry Between “Great Powers” in the 21st Century: Discourse and Approaches in RussiaK. Borishpolets Afghanistan […]
This article analyzes some aspects of civilizationism as a trend in the self-positioning strategies of several Asian states, notably China and India, as well as some other countries. Close attention is paid to the concept of the civilization state (CS), as distinct from the nation state (NS), where the former reveals the specific characteristics of the major non-Western states.
Imperial Chutzpah in World Politics as a Factor in International Relations Today IMPERIAL chutzpah as a phenomenon of international relations has been known since antiquity. It stems from the fact that, as the great Ancient Greek philosopher Thucydides put it back in the 5th century BC: “The strong do what they can and the weak […]
POLITICS Mongolia’s “Third Neighbor” Foreign Policy Concept: History, Characteristics, Outlook I. Ignatov Features of Germany’s Strategic Inroads Into the Far East in the Early 2020s F. Trunov ECONOMICS Assessment of the Scale and Scope of Energy Trade Within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization K. Korneyev China’s Digital Silk Road L. Gamza RUSSIAN FAR EAST Transport Services […]
This article notes that Washington and Tokyo intend to continue hindering Taiwan’s reunification with Mainland China, which would greatly strengthen Beijing’s position in the Pacific Ocean. Under the administration of President Donald Trump, the United States notably stepped up its support for Taiwan, in both expanding its official ties with Taipei and supplying it with American arms.
POLITICS Transformation of the US Regional Security Framework in the Indo-Pacific: 2012-2020M. Ramich, P. Gorbil, Ye. Korosteleva Japan and US in the Indo-Pacific Region Under the Biden AdministrationK. Voda ECONOMICS China’s Tourism Crisis During the Pandemic: New Approaches and Transformation of the “Zero-COVID” PolicyYe. Zaklyazminskaya China’s Urban Development Under the “New Urbanization” PolicyI. Chubarov Problems […]