Academic journal “Eurasian Union: Issues of International Relations”. Issue 2 (24), 2018.
CONTENTS
POLITICAL HISTORY
MODERN MEDIA AND POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIES
POLITICS AND "DIGITAL ECONOMY"
NATIONAL SECURITY AND CORRUPTION
POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
POLITICAL HISTORY
D.E. SLIZOVSKY Professor at the Peoples ' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
WAS IT POSSIBLE TO AVOID THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR: THE PRISM OF EVENTS THAT ARE THIRTY YEARS OLD AND CURRENT EVENTS
The formal impetus for writing an article about the causes of the collapse of the USSR in connection with the events of 1988, specifically the XIX th All-Union Conference of the CPSU that took place in Moscow from 28 June to 1 July, was the request from the correspondent of the Russian website RT Alexey Zakvasin. He wrote that he was preparing the material about that conference, that the purpose of his work was "to understand, whether it was possible to avoid the collapse of the USSR." He put a number of nominal questions and asked us to express our views on this matter. We were late with the answer and our vision of this problem is not reflected in the published Zakvasin’s article "Atmosphere of political chaos": why 30 years back the Soviet Union was not saved from collapse." At the same time, there was still an intention to express our vision of the subject, moreover that the opinion of those who have already spoken on the matter encouraged us to do so. They were all authoritative and respected researchers. And what deserves attention is that their opinions in fact were identical. One of them expressed it in the following way: " I have no doubt that the Soviet State could have been saved"; the other one said:".. and yet the Soviet Union could have been saved". Although they differ in details of the premises and the particulars of the conditions under which it was possible to keep the Union alive, they tend to respond decisively and unambiguously to answer to the puzzling question. This position is legitimate and can be justified. As, however, there are and will be other points of view and justifications. It will still be necessary to find answers to the puzzling questions about what happened to the insight and activeness of the Bolshevik party and its supporters, what has happened with the working masses; what has become of their revolutionary initiative, dedication and pride. Are we to understand that the seventy-year period of socialist construction has led to physical and moral impoverishment of the 20-million strong army of Communists, and they have worn out their nerves, consciousness and characters? What became of the party hardened in political and ideological battles within the country and in the international arena, which has led and won the battle with fascism and Hitler, which enjoyed well-deserved prestige and mass citizens ' trust and was the vanguard of the Soviet people?
Key words: the collapse of the Soviet Union, political history, background, consequences, political system.
MODERN MEDIA AND POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Sh.S. SULEYMANOVA doctor of political sciences, Professor of the Department of Public Relations and Media Politics of the Faculty of Journalism of the Russian Academy of National economy and of Public administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
POLITICAL POTENTIAL OF NEW MEDIA
The article is devoted to the study of the role of information and communication technologies in politics. It is noted that the modern world belongs to information technology, as the demand for communication and communication technologies is growing. The author comes to the conclusion that in the 21st century, in view of the increasing influence of the global network on politics, a number of new technologies are being developed that could realize all the possibilities of the Internet in this field.
Key words: information, communications, Internet technologies, state, politics, new media.
POLITICS AND "DIGITAL ECONOMY"
A.I. MURAVYKH Doctor of Sciences (economy), Professor at the Chair оf public administration and national security, Russian Presidential Academy of national economy and public administration, Moscow, Russia
DIGITAL ECONOMY: THREATS AND CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL AND NATIONAL SECURITIES
The central problem of modern Russia is an ineffective system of public administration, if the ultimate goal of management activities is an improvement of the quality of life of the country’s population (the people of Russia). Unfortunately, the country has not overcome the recurrence of the "unicellular" resource economy of 90-ies, reminiscent in its essence of the administrative system of the pre-Peter Russia of the XVIII century, when each boyar clan had a certain "industry" (wood, fur, customs, etc.) that provided for it. The today situation is even more dangerous from the point of view of ensuring national security because there is an influential comprador group in Russian elite.
Key words: global and national securities, public administration, foreign policy, international relations, digital economy.
NATIONAL SECURITY AND CORRUPTION
N.P. MEDVEDEV Doctor of Political Science, full professor, Professor at The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
TRAN HUU THAN Post-graduate student at the Chair of Political Analysis and Management, Russian People’s Friendship University, Vietnam, city Dong Hoi
PRESENT ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES AND SANCTIONS IN VIETNAM
Corruption is a complex and historical social phenomenon that accompanies with the human society. In Vietnam, corruption exists throughout Vietnam's history with different level of impacts. At present, corruption is seriously affecting many aspects of economic, social and political life in Vietnam that it was considered as key political, economic and social threats to the security of this one-party country. As confirmed by the Communist Party of Vietnam, a ruling party, corruption is much likely to damage the legitimacy of the party and collapse the socialist regime. Although the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Government of Vietnam actively fight against this problem by promulgating a relatively comprehensive anticorruption legislation and taking different anticorruption measures nationwide, the effectiveness of the anticorruption policy is questionable. Over 10 years from 2006 to 2016, Vietnam was only able to decline its corruption perception index (International Transparency) from 112 to 123 among 176 surveyed countries around the world. In the Pacific Asian, some countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong are well-known for very profound anticorruption policies which Vietnam can make a reference to improve the efficiency of their own approach. In this paper, the author gives an analysis for specific sanctions and measures against corrupters in Vietnam in comparison with those of other countries in the region. By indicating the bottlenecks and constraints, he makes some suggestions for effective enforcement of anti-corruption measures and sanctions in the future.
Key words: mechanisms of sanctions and penalties for corruption acts, measures to process corruption acts and anti-corruption policies in Vietnam.
R.A. YAVCHUNOVSKAYA Doctor of Sciences (political sciences), Professor at the Russian Presidential Academy of national economy and public administration, Moscow, Russia
V.М. АNTONOV Candidate of Sciences (law), Moscow, Russia
CORRUPTION AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF STRENGTHENING OF THE RUSSIAN STATE
In the article, the authors consider the problem of corruption and its impact on the national security of the state.
Key words: corruption, national security, Russian state, society, state power.
POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
V.F. PRYAKHIN D.Sc. (political science), Professor, Department of Area Studies and Foreign Policy, RSHU, Moscow, Russia
HAS THE MOUNTAIN GIVEN BIRTH TO ANYTHING? On the results of the US-North Korean summit
The Korean peninsula turned out to be in the focus of world politics due to the unique conjuncture of global problems present here.
Therefore, the expectations of the world community regarding the DPRK-US summit held on the June 12, 2018 were so great. To what extent did these expectations prove to be justified? Does it promise an early solution to the problems of the Korean peninsula denuclearization and Korean reunification? What should be the next steps to overcome the crisis situation in the North-East Asia.
The author of this article offers answers of his own to these questions. This article is a summary of the lecture at the Hungarian Institute of International Relations and the World Economy.
Key words: North Korea (Korean People's Democratic Republic), the United States, South Korea (the Republic of Korea), international security, North-East Asia, non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, global problems, the world community, Korean reunification.
А.А. LOOZAN Doctor of Sciences (philosophy), Professor, Academician of Ukrainian Academy of political sciences, full member of the Russian Academy of political sciences, Head of the Philosophy Chair, at Donbass State Machine-building Academy, Donbass, Ukraine
S.А. LOOZAN Candidate of Sciences (sociology), Moscow, Russia
THE PHENOMENON OF TRUMP
The article discusses the question: why American and world establishment did not accept Donald Trump. The authors proceed from the premise, that the establishment was offended because President Trump proceeds from his own understanding of politics, rejecting the idea of globalization accepted by President Obama. But both Presidents, Trump and Obama, consider the defense of American interests as their primary goal, Thus, the interests of President Trump and those of the establishment coincide, therefore, in the end, they will find a common language.
Key words: equality of spheres of public life, politics as an expression of interests, public policy, unipolar world, end of ideology, globalization, USA.