Academic journal “Eurasian Union: Issues of International Relations”. Issue 1-2 (6-7), 2014.
CONTENTS
PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA 55 YEARS
EDITOR’S NOTE
RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY VECTORS IN THE MODERN WORLD
EURASIAN INTEGRATION
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY
REGIONAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY VECTORS IN THE MODERN WORLD
О.D. АBRAMOVA Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Head of Russia's Foreign Policy Chair of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
CONCEPTUAL BASES OF RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL CHANGES
The article deals with the formation of Russia's foreign policy strategy in the conditions of global transformation of the modern world. It is shown that the basic principles of foreign policy are pragmatism, openness, multi-vectorness and consistent promotion of national interests.
Key words: world politics, foreign policy, global governance and regulation, the concept of Russia's foreign policy.
N.A. TAMARCHINA PhD (political science), Associate professor of Russia's Foreign Policy Chair of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
RUSSIAN-EUROPEAN RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S NEXT?
The author analyzes the relationship between Russia and the European countries in the light of the events in Ukraine. To date, the situation is such that the majority of post-Soviet states put in tough conditions to choose between the West and Russia. Such pressure has provoked a crisis of statehood in Ukraine, and Russia sees these events as a promotion to the East-controlled West geopolitical space, and the United States - as a player, is fighting for his role as a superpower in Eurasia.
Key words: international relations, foreign policy concept, conflict, geopolitics of Eurasia, Ukraine, Russia, the West, the United States.
S.V. FOKIN Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of Russia's Foreign Policy Chair of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
PROBLEM SETTLEMENT RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS
The author analyzes the relations established at this stage, between Russia and Ukraine. Validity of Ukraine proves that neighborhood and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia and, primarily, Ukraine. But Ukrainian politicians seek to prove ownership of Ukraine to Europe. To Russia from Ukraine permanent claim. Among them are the injustice imposed on it the RSFSR and USSR present borders between Russia and Ukraine, inflated gas prices, the loss of the Crimea and the instability in its south-eastern regions.
Key words: Russian-Ukrainian relations, stabilization, settlement, Ukraine, Russia, the US, the West.
V.V. BAKUSHEV Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the International Institute оf Public Service and Administration, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, full-member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow
RUSSIA BETWEEN AMERICAN HYPOCRISY AND A NEW VIEW OF THE WORLD, BYPASSING THE WEST
The author analyzes the current situation of Russia under sanctions in the global world. The author notes that in the current situation Russia is "clamped" by new circumstances. On the one hand, our country is getting more and more supporters among those states and political leaders who have gained and continue to gain serious social and economic potential in the world (India, China, a number of South American countries, etc.), and, on the other hand, there is hypocrisy as a new institutional phenomena. It rebelled against the rational geopolitics, dialogue and careful actions to resolve conflicts. The new geopolitical trajectory is becoming increasingly mainstream, it is aimed at "bypassing the West". With an active participation of Russia, this path has been chosen by the countries, members of such international associations as BRISK and SCO.
Key words: sanctions, world politics, international relations, geopolitics, international organizations, Russia, the West, the Eurasian Economic Union.
A.V. TONKONOGOV Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
GEOSTRATEGIC RIVALRY RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE POLICY OF THE ABSURD WESTERN COUNTRIES
The article reveals deideologization essence geostrategic rivalry between Russia and the US, substantiates the destructiveness of the policy of the absurd Western countries.
Key words: geostrategic rivalry, Russia, USA, Western countries, the policy of the absurd, political cynicism, double standards.
V.S. BUYANOV Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
ARCTIC VECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
The author notes the ever growing geopolitical and geo-economic importance of the Arctic region. The author analyzes factors determining such importance of the region and stresses that the main objective of Russia in the Arctic is the preservation and strengthening of its positions in the region and continuation under the new conditions of the national polar strategy that for centuries has been exercised by Tsarist and then Soviet Russia. In implementing this objective, the Russian Federation solves several priority foreign policy objectives. Special attention is paid to the regulation of international relations in the Arctic.
Key words: the principle, relations between the states, international relations, foreign policy, the Arctic, Russia.
R.A. YAVCHUNOVSKAYA Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of Russia's Foreign Policy Chair of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA IN THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITY (FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARCTIC SHELF)
Have occurred in recent years, changes in the global geopolitical landscape are reflected in the continuity of foreign policy, based on the proven effectiveness of the principle of pragmatism, openness, multi-vector, without sliding towards confrontation, promotion of national interests, which will continue to determine the policy of Russia on the international scene, allowing it to carry out autonomy, independence and consistency, much needed as an essential factor for national development of the state. In this context, the author analyzes the new directions of Russia's development, in particular its policy in the Arctic.
Key words: foreign policy, globalization, vector, national security, resources, military cooperation, the Arctic, Russia, the United States.
R.R. АBDULMAZITOV Director of the Engineering Center of the State Unitary Enterprise Institute of Energy Resources Transportation, Bashkortostan Academy of Sciences, Ufa
RUSSIA'S ENERGY AND TRANSPORT INTERESTS IN THE ARCTIC REGION
The Russian Federation, especially in the face of major energy companies, politicians and academics do not hide their interests in the Arctic. In his article, the author analyzes various aspects of the problem, building a more or less realistic predictions about the future of this region. At the same time, interest in the Arctic from other countries of the world, especially polar countries, large and major international oil and gas companies is forcing the Russian Federation to hurry up with the definition of its objectives in the Arctic, articulate and assert its national interests in the region.
Key words: political science, political problems of international relations, regional development, energy policy, the Arctic region, national security.
Т.Е. BEYDINA Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Trans-Baikal State University, Chita
SPATIAL PRIORITIES FOR THE RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY
The author identifies and analyzes the spatial priorities that have an impact on the foreign policy of Russia.
Key words: foreign policy, spatial priorities, modernization, Russia.
EURASIAN INTEGRATION
T.A. YASHKOVA Doctor of Political Sciences, Department of State and Municipal Management Institute of Economics, Management and Law and the Department of State Humanitarian University Philosophy and Political Science of the Academy of Labour and Social Affairs, Member of the Political Science Association, vice-president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, Moscow
EURASIAN INTEGRATION AS A PRIORITY OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
The author analyzes the process of integration and, in particular, the Eurasian integration. The author examines the opinions and positions of the presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, states forming the Eurasian Union, on the issue of Eurasian integration. Explores the prospects of the Eurasian Union.
Key words: integration, the Eurasian Union, the European Union, the Eurasian integration, security, post-Soviet space, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia.
A.N. MIKHAYLENKO Doctor of Political Sciences, professor of Russian foreign policy chair at the Department of national security, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EURASIAN INTEGRATION
In the context of globalization, countries EAEC has broad foreign policy and foreign economic relations. The author considers the current state of affairs in the field of Eurasian integration. The author gives an answer to the question: what should be the policy of the Eurasian Economic Union and Russia as its leader, to create favorable conditions for the functioning of the foreign policy of integration association? The article also examines the possible policy of Russia and other states participating in the EAEC to the European Union in the context of Eurasian integration.
Key words: Eurasian integration, cooperation, the European approach to the Eurasian integration, EAEC, the European Union.
А.А. BALANDIN postgraduate, working for a PhD degree at the Chair of Political Science and History of the Bashkir State University, Ufa
EURASEC AS THE TERRITORY OF EFFECTIVE INTERACTION AND CONFLICT-FREE ENVIRONMENT
The Eurasian Economic Community is an organization, which has become one of the main institutional structures for the development of globalization and expansion of the Eurasian values between states, civil society and business entities. It permits to identify trends of the Eurasian region and to single out key features of its development. This article discusses structural foundation for the formation of the Eurasian Economic Community and the prospects of actions and organization of full support by the Community for various actors of political activity. The article highlights the prospects for the development of the Community as a stable platform for the interaction of the former Soviet Union countries and a conflict-free space for an inter-ethnic dialogue. EurAsEC consideres axiological and normative components that form the basis for doing any business turnover within interstate and intra-national entities. As a result, the area is fit for effective interaction and represents a conflict-free environment for the activities of both individuals and citizens, as well as large businesses and political organizations.
Key words: the Eurasian Economic Community, conflict-free, deescalation, stake holders, political culture, national identity, globalization.
V.L. ABRAMOV doctor of Economics, professor, Senior research officer of the Research centre of international economic relations by the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, academician of the Russian Academy of natural Sciences, Moscow
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INSTITUTIONS AS A FACTOR IN INCREASING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION
The article demonstrates that the use of the intellectual property rights makes a significant contribution to the improvment of the EU competitiveness. It reveales the critical situation in the field of intellectual property of the states-members of the Eurasian Economic Union. The article makes proposals and recommendations aimed at its use with the view of improving the competitiveness of such integration association.
Key words: intellectual property, competitiveness, European Union, Eurasian Economic Union, economic sanctions, strategy, Russia, Belorussia, Kazakhstan, China, WTO, TRIPS, innovative economy, the “knowledge economy”.
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY
M.B. BEKBOSYNOV D.Sc. (political science), Chairman of the Editorial Board of Academic journal “Eurasian Union: Issues of International Relations”, Moscow
EURASIAN COOPERATION AND PROBLEMS OF REGIONAL SECURITY
The author analyzes the regional security issues within the framework of the Eurasian cooperation. Noting that the concept of regional security in the context of Eurasian cooperation, is not confined to relations between states. This concept includes all segments and levels of society, which are interconnected set of communication channels, in addition, creates an opportunity to make more effective joint action against common threats and challenges.
Key words: Eurasian integration, cooperation, regional security, the Eurasian Union, SCO, CSTO.
М.V. KAZANIN Ph.D. (political science), consultant of committee on Foreign Affairs of the Council of Federation Federal Assembly The Parliament of Russia, Moscow
SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORITIES
The article is devoted to the system structure and functions of PRC’s national security authorities, especially paid attention to objectives and principles of National security committee of China.
Key words: People’s republic of China, national security, national security threats, National security committee, armed forces.
Е.G. NIKITENKO PhD (history), Professor of the Chair of National Security, Department of National Security, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow
N.А. SERGEEV lecturer at Peter the Great's Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces, Moscow
"SOFT POWER" AS COMPREHENSIVE TOOLKIT IN THE RUSSIA'S SYSTEM OF NATIONAL SECURITY
The article substantiates the urgency of research of the problem of "soft power" in the context of Russian national security, makes the diagnosis of the modern world and determines the Russia's great historic mission. The article considers features of waging "evolutionary", "constsientalnary", "systematic", "network-centric" and "revolt” wars against Russia. It is noted that the basis of such wars is an integrated application of the "soft" and "hard" power. It is shown that the new leadership of the Russian military department has set for the military science the task of researching the problems of complex application of the "soft" and "hard" power in both offensive and defensive operations of the armed forces. The article describes a new conceptual approach to the development of promising information management system of the targeted application and development of the combined "soft" and "hard" power in the interests of the Russian national security in the changing domestic and international environment.
Key words: "soft" and "hard" power, constsientalnary war, evolutionary war, organizational war, the scope of the vulnerability of strategic paralysis, center of gravity, "segmented, polycentric, ideologized, integrated network" idiosinkritichnost forces of action on the verge of the unknown, the principle of a "flock", revolt war, network observability and controllability, "negative economy", elasticity of substitution, network moderation, management of the "agenda".
A.V. VYSOTSKIY PhD (political sciences), expert of the Eurasia Politological Expert Club, Russia, Moscow
ROLE OF ETHNIC CONFLICTS POST-SOVIET SPACE
The end of the XX century was marked by the increase in the number of ethnic conflicts around the world. The redrawing of the world political map in the last century, as a result of the world wars, elimination of the colonial system and disintegration of empires, affected the growth of ethnic conflicts in modern society. This article explores ethnic conflicts in the post-Soviet space.
Key words: ethnic conflict, the post-Soviet space, political regionalistics, ethno-politics, Georgia, Kosovo, Ossetia, Abkhazia, and escalation.
I.R. АMINOV PhD (law), Associate Professor of Public Law, Institute of Law of the Bashkir State University, Ufa
MODELS FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF ETHNO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA
In today's world, despite the measures taken by the national states to ensure international security, there are still ethno-political conflicts and wars taking place in different parts of the world. It looks as if the farther the worse, and the international community is plunging into the abyss of ethno-political instability. This article investigates models for the settlement of ethnic conflicts, developed by the modern international community.
Key words: ethno-political conflict, political regionalistics, ethno-politic, national relations, globalization, Euromaidan, pre-revolution.
REGIONAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Yu.O. BULUKTAEV Doctor of Political Sciences, chief researcher at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana
STRENGTHENING PARLIAMENT – THE STRATEGIC COURSE OF KAZAKHSTAN
Over the years of independence, the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, having a complex evolution of the Supreme Council to the professional bicameral representative authority, took his place in the political system of the country. As the lawmaking authority, he took a lot of the most important fundamental laws that allowed radically modernize the legal framework of the state, has created the legal basis of democratic reforms to facilitate the implementation of market forms of management, the strengthening of civil peace and interethnic harmony. The author analyzes the structure and powers of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as its party system.
Key words: parliament, political parties, the party system, the Republic of Kazakhstan.
V.V. BAKUSHEV Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the International Institute оf Public Service and Administration, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, full-member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow
M.A. BARYSHEVA listener graduate programs of the International Institute оf Public Service and Administration, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, full-member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow
THE DYNAMICS OF THE PARTY SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS IN MODERN CONDITIONS
At the end of May 2014 ended a three-year phase of the active and multifaceted work of the preparations for the signing of the Treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union – EAEC. Political decisions on the establishment of a new international organization neighboring partner states previously geographically part of the USSR, signed by the heads of states from Russia - VV Putin, from Belarus – A.G. Lukashenko, from Kazakhstan – N.A. Nazarbayev. Are candidates to join Armenia and Kirgistan. It is important to understand that the pace and sometimes some of the features of integration will depend largely on the activity of the parliaments of the States brought together in the Union. All parliaments are formed on the basis of multi-party. In this regard, we need a clear understanding of the partners not only in the face of the current leaders and active members of parliament have already made important historical steps to create pravoosnovy Union, but also to understand exactly how the political spectrum, reflected in the political systems of the partners. In this regard, in this article the authors analyze the party system of the Republic of Belarus.
Key words: parliament, party, party system, authority, ideology, Belarus.
V.V. DEMIDOV Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Chair of Humanitarian Principles of Public Service of the Siberian Institute of Management – Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Novosibirsk
HYDROPOLITICS AND WATER USE IN THE IRTYSH BASIN: CHALLENGES AND THREATS
The report describes the existing hydropolitics and water use in the basin of the Irtysh. The emphasis is put on examples of existing challenges and threats. It is stated in conclusion that despite the complexity they can be resolved with a diplomatic approach.
Key words: water, hydropolitics, water use, Irtysh.