CONTENTS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF INTERVIEWS
“Expanding Our Country’s Circle of Friends Has Been Our Main Goal…”
E. Mitrofanova
WORLD ISSUES
NATO’s Military Activity in North Atlantic
Yu. Belobrov
The EU in Search of Itself
V. Chernega
Germany and China: From Cooperation to Competition
Ye. Leonov
The Transformation of the UN Concept of Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Yu. Trefilova
THE CASPIAN SEA: LEGAL STATUS
Negotiating the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea: Some Nuances
A. Kachalova
Political and Economic Space in the Caspian Region: A New Configuration
S. Zhiltsov
INFORMATION SECURITY
Effectiveness of Russia’s Foreign Policy Information Support in Its Confrontation With the U.S.
M. Kovshar
Media and Information Literacy as a Strategic Resource for Diplomacy in Dealing With Information Threats and Challenges
Ye. Grebenkina
COMMENTARY AND ESSAYS
Participation of Russia’s Constituent Regions in Implementing Its Foreign Policy
R. Gimatdinov, I. Nasyrov, E. Sadykova
Military and Military-Technical Cooperation Between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus
Z. Kokoshina
Principal Phases in the Foreign Policy of Post-Soviet Kazakhstan
Arsen Turgambayev
“God Is in Heaven, the Earth Is Hard and Russia Is Far Away”
Aleksandar Vulin
Concerned Scientists on the State of the World
Yu. Sayamov
ROUNDTABLE
The Russian Economy and Trade Wars
VIEWPOINT
“The Doors of the Nations … Must Be Battered Down”
S. Rybas
CELEBRATORY DATES
The 75th Anniversary of the Foreign Ministry Financial Service
A. Lysikov
The Currency and Finance Department of the Foreign Ministry
B. Idrisov
HISTORY AND MEMOIRS
Russian-Moldavian Relations Under the First Romanovs
Yu. Bulatov
The Second Front: A Russian Diary
S. Brilev
On the 17th Parallel: Marking the 65th Anniversary of the Geneva Agreements on Vietnam
A. Zaitsev
The First Wave
N. Shevtsov
BOOK REVIEWS
A. Yemelyanov. The Geopolitics of Latin America
Ya. Burlyay
I. Zvyagelskaya. The Middle East and Central Asia: Megatrends in the Regional Dimension
G. Kosach
A. Vavilov. Cataclysms of the “Arab Spring”
A. Baklanov