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Around 5 p.m. on June 11, Internal Affairs Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced that the criminal charges against Meduza correspondent Ivan Golunov have been dropped “due to lack of evidence of his involvement in the commission of a crime.”

The dispute between the United States and the People’s Republic of China over trade and economic issues has a long history. It has now become clear, however, that Donald Trump’s protectionist policy is in direct contrast to China’s consistent position in defense of free trade, based on the principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Washington sees in Beijing its main strategic competitor and has adopted a policy of long-term opposition to China in all spheres, including trade and economics. Having launched a trade war against China, the United States is also doing its best to weaken by noneconomic means their growing competition in the field of high technology.

ROUND TABLE AT THE RAS IFES Vietnam-China Relations: A Difficult Search for Agreement POLITICS Relations in the Sino-Korean TriangleK. Asmolov ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S.A. AND PRC Ideology and Pragmatism in Establishing and Strengthening Sino-American ConnectionsA. Davydov Toward a History of the Establishment of Present-Day U.S.A.-China RelationsYu. Dubinin Trade Wars, […]

GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY The Model of Hybrid Warfare A.A. Bartosh The Hybrid Nature of Future Wars and Armed ConflictsA.S. Brychkov, V.L. Dorokhov, G.A. Nikonorov The Role and Place of Russia in Today’s World Yu.A. Gaidunko, S.P. Makarova System of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection for Troops and Population of the Russian Federation: State and Prospects […]

Based on analysis of the military-political situation throughout the world, the US National Security Strategy and US military planning documents, the authors forecast some characteristics of the future wars and armed conflicts. These factors relate to the proliferation of asymmetric and indirect actions, the shift of armed confrontation to cities and populated centers, and the broader application of irregular formations.

This article describes the formation and development of South Korea’s Arctic strategy. The author concludes that as compared to other Asian observers on the Arctic Council, South Korea has greater potential to develop successful national diplomacy. The country is gradually creating a favorable image and consolidating its political status as a world ecological intermediary implementing a progressive policy of sustainable development.

POLITICS National Interests of South Korea in the ArcticM. Gutenev May the Idea of a Common Destiny Community for China and Humanity Light the World!Li Hui Stepping Up Russian-Japanese Dialogue on the Territorial IssueO. Kazakov Japan and China: New Era in Relations or Rapprochement of Convenience?V. Kistanov Current Foreign Policy of the PRCV. Portyakov After […]

GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY Russia and NATO: A History of Relations within the Framework of Practical Cooperation at Sea A.A. Mikhlin, V.V. Molochny, V.A. Balandin Methodological Basis for Launching Asymmetric Responses in Military-Technological Battle with a High-Technology Adversary V.V. Selivanov, Yu.D. Ilyin MILITARY ART Modern Methods of Aerospace and Air Defense of Facilities and Prospective Development […]

This paper looks at the forms of using Airborne Forces formations in the Arctic and suggests action modes for them, both on their own and as part of troop/force groupings in the process of formation.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF INTERVIEWS “Such Negative Relations Between Washington and Moscow Are Unacceptable”L. Slutsky “The U.S. Wants Syria to Become Its Global Policy Tool”Walid Muallem WORLD ISSUES A New Helsinki Process: Pros and ConsV. Petrovsky July 2018 NATO Summit: “Technical” Decisions and “Strategic Ambiguity”D. Danilov NATO and the OSCE: Partners or Rivals?Yu. Belobrov The German Social Democratic […]