Политологические науки список научных статей

Despite the general view on the Taliban1 as a proxy actor, it has become capable of pursuing independent domestic and foreign policies. Two basic options for the Taliban’s role in regional affairs are possible in the future. Under the Taliban’s rule Afghanistan may become either a scene of rivalry...

The era of “Grand Alliances” seems to have come to an end. The great powers (Russia certainly being one of them) are revisiting their obligations to client states and “junior partners” in real-time mode, focusing on internal processes and obligations to their citizens. The Russian National Security ...

State policy documents on the country’s key political goals and objectives naturally attract the attention of political and international relations experts. The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, adopted on July 2, 2021, is no exception. And since the matter at hand is security,...

Humanity is facing the highest risk of global existential catastrophe in its history. What should be done to ensure effective international cooperation for the sustainable survival of humankind? The article posits that the main obstacles to international cooperation lie in the field of ideas and...

Although great powers may forge ad hoc coalitions to attain their short- term goals, this does not diminish the role of long-term strategic alliances. The alliance theory has long become a separate strand of IR. However, most scholars have focused more on external rather than internal threats to...

Russia's official position regarding the prosecution for violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in international criminal courts changed during the 1990s and the 2000s. The article studies the reasons for these changes by reviewing works of Russian experts. The performance of the...

In an interview conducted by Alexander Solovyov, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs, prominent British history scholar with Russian roots Dominic Lieven contemplates on the foundations of Russia’s foreign policy and relevance of historical studies for understanding international...

The liberal values lying at the core of the European continent's integration into the European Union (EU) are being put to the test by new factors, particularly the consistent and all-around strengthening of China. Europe's attitude towards this new global “center of power” and, in particular, its...

In the second half of April contradictions between China and the United States basically disrupted a G20 telemeeting. Being the most representative and, at the same time, the least binding in terms of decision-making, this forum until recently was considered the most promising at a time when the...

With politics suspended, societies under lockdown, parliaments closed and states of emergency in force globally, many commentators have turned to Foucauldian-inspired understandings of biopolitics and population control to analyze contemporary events. Biopolitics has become a key concept in...

The COVID-19 epidemic is a “stress test” for political systems all around the world. It is a brutal reality check from Mother Nature, pushing back against “fake news,” Internet trolls, political dogmas, and the disparagement of experts.The speed and extent of the disease’s spread is stark evidence...

COVID-19 will most likely become a critical factor of our age. Not only because this global crisis will certainly have political, economic, and social repercussions reverberating across the world for years to come, but because its consequences may well accelerate the change, if not tip outright,...