Russia in Global Affairs

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No. 3

2018 July/September

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A Funfair Never Before Seen

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-5-6

Demolition Derby

A Rapidly Changing Reality

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-8-44

Revisionism of Powers in the Changing Historical Context

Timofei V. Bordachev

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-46-65

The Formula of Trumponomics

Aleksandr Losev

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-66-88

East Wind

Tectonics of the New World Order and the Russian Far East

Viktoria Panova

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-90-109

Accelerated Development of the Russian Far East

Igor A. Makarov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-110-129

The Grandeur and Miseries of Russia’s “Turn to the East”

Mikhail V. Karpov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-130-152

Marginalization in Globalization

Alexander V. Lomanov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-154-172

From the Past into the Future

Russia and Ukraine: Forever Apart?

Georgіy Kasіanov

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-174-189

The Soviet Union and the Iranian Revolution

Dmitry Asinovsky

DOI: 10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-3-190-208

Articles

A Funfair Never Before Seen

World politics resembles a never-before-seen funfair. A room of distorting mirrors, roller coasters, a fast and breathtaking merry-go-round, and swings flinging from one extreme point to the other… All of this is happening simultaneously, and we seem to be trapped inside this bizarre contraption that can pull all kinds of weird tricks. There is a feeling that a whole era is coming to an end.

Fyodor A. Lukyanov

A Rapidly Changing Reality

The world is not in disarray, it is in transition. As wealth and power move to the South and the East again after a couple of centuries, the validity of some normative assumptions and the efficacy of incumbent institutions that manage the world order is being severely tested.

Revisionism of Powers in the Changing Historical Context

Russia’s relations with the U.S. and its allies are unlikely to improve in the foreseeable future. This solves the problem of uncertain intentions?the most important methodological question in the international relations theory. The current intentions of the American bloc with regard to Russia, China and Iran are absolutely clear, and this creates unprecedented certainty in world politics.

Timofei V. Bordachev

The Formula of Trumponomics

Globalization American-style has reached its natural limits, and now China and Asia as a whole are becoming the main beneficiaries of world development. The current growth of neomercantilism, protectionism and regionalization in the world resembles the situation of the decade before World War I.

Aleksandr Losev

Tectonics of the New World Order and the Russian Far East

The Far East as a meeting point of three key regions?Eurasia, Pacific Asia, and the Arctic?opens up prospects for overcoming a false dilemma of traditional division into continental and maritime states. Russia’s dual geopolitical nature allows it to move along both tracks at the same time.

Viktoria Panova

Accelerated Development of the Russian Far East

The Far East development strategy should focus on building an area of innovative resource-based economy. The production of innovative resource-intensive goods and services with a focus on the growing Asian markets running low on natural resources could be an attractive niche for the Russian Far East to take and succeed in.

Igor A. Makarov

The Grandeur and Miseries of Russia’s “Turn to the East”

The reasons for Russia’s turn to the East obviously lie in geopolitics?it was unable to establish a fruitful interaction with the West. China also failed to develop equal relations with Western countries. That is why many Russia’s decisions about the Far East were taken without proper calculations regarding the chances for economic development and investment attractiveness.

Mikhail V. Karpov

Marginalization in Globalization

Even the most controversial Chinese assessments concerning Russian diplomacy are of interest as they are formulated not from the Western point of view but from the position of China as a new rising power seeking to create its own specific national style in diplomacy.

Alexander V. Lomanov

Russia and Ukraine: Forever Apart?

Historical arguments are heavily used by both Ukraine and Russia in pursuing their political goals at the national and international levels. The current state of relations between the two countries predetermines further instrumental use and misuse of history for the purposes of propaganda and hybrid war.

Georgіy Kasіanov

The Soviet Union and the Iranian Revolution

Islamism. Political Islam. Islamic fundamentalism. The mass media and academic studies are literally brimming with these terms. However, what we see today as a natural component of international relations, in the 1970s-1980s was an unheard-of and inconceivable phenomenon in world politics.

Dmitry Asinovsky