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Русская Политология Russian Political Science РУССКАЯ ПОЛИТОЛОГИЯ 1, 2016 RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENCE тема номера: «МНОГОПОЛЯРНЫЙMultipolar World of theМИР XXI XXI Century ВЕКА» Русская политология — Russian Political Science 3 № 1, 2016 Topic of the issue: «Multipolar World of the XXI Century» Table of Contents Introduction 4 1. Russia in a multipolar world: foreign policy and bilateral cooperation 5 Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov Gorokhov Andrey Anatolyevich 5 about a multipolar world of the XXI century Efanova Elena Vladimirovna The image of Russia in the system of international 15 Glazkov Arkadiy Alekseevich relations: the content of the image strategy Russia in the competitive space Kosorukov Artem Andreevich 24 of the Great Silk Road Perus Marcos Agustin Cuervo Mexico — Russia: the prospects of relations 35 Dashkina Irina Vladimirovna Chinese foreign policy and Sino-Russian relations Cui Zheng 42 in a multipolar world 2. Problems of international security and sustainable world development 49 Vasetsova Elena Sergeevna Islamic organizations of Central Asia 49 Polycentric world order and formatting of the Kapitsyn Vladimir Mikhailovich 54 regulators of violence Models of the «soft power» of networking terrorist organizations (using the example of the Manoylo Andrey Viktorovich 66 «Islamic state», al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the «Muslim Brotherhood») Political aspects of formation of polycentric world Stoletov Oleg Vladimirovich 76 in conditions of «hybrid wars» Islamism and political institutions of the Middle Telin Kirill Olegovich 85 East 3. Contemporary problems of world politics and informational technologies 91 The ideologization of culture as the ideological Ubiriya Izabella Feliksovna background of its militarization in the XX–XXI 91 Gorokhov Andrey Anatolyevich centuries The informational empire: a myth or a new Fedorchenko Sergey Nikolaevich 100 network world? Information and communication technologies in Feldman Pavel Yakovlevich the implementation of foreign policy strategy of 106 the United States Hauer-Tyukarkina Olga The European Union as a political myth 110 Mikhaylovna On problems with the ambiguous concept of the Hordecki Bartosz freedom of conscience and religion in the United 123 Nations documents 4. Political Science In Russian Universities 133 Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University 133 The Departments of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University 140 Editorial Council 146 Editorial Board 148 Editorial Office 150 4 Русская политология — Russian Political Science № 1, 2016 Topic of the issue: «Multipolar World of the XXI Century» Dear political scientists! We present you the first issue of the «Russian political science» journal. We are going to publish actual articles written by Russian and foreign po- litical scientists. We believe that working partnership of political scientists representing various scientific schools, different continents and countries will help to create a more stable, safe and predictable world. Each issue will be devoted to a certain theme or problem. We start with the problems of the modern world order, international politics and international relations. We suppose that the multipolar world is forming in the XXI century, and it is the world where some difficult dialogue be- tween various political centers is taking place. But the modern world faces many threats, first of all, international terrorism, environmental problems, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, national and religious intol- erance. Modern political science in Russia and abroad is looking for ways of solving these problems. The main objective of the journal is to introduce the researches of Rus- sian scientists to the international scientific centers, as well as to build up the scientific dialogue between political scientists from different coun- tries. In order to solve these problems the journal will be published in two languages: Russian and English. The number of languages, in which the journal is published, will increase with its development. Political science in Russia has its own history, which, as it seems, begins with the first University in Russia. We consider that political science can- not exist without university education and university scientific schools. Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, the greatest Russian scientist, one of the founders of Moscow University, proposed to establish the Department of politics among the first ten departments. This Department is the base point of Russian political science, which is now developing in MSU and in other universities of the country. We hope that our journal will unite the political science researchers of Russia and foreign scientific centers. We invite political scientists to cooperation! Editorial Board 1. Russia in a Multipolar World: 5 Foreign Policy and Bilateral Cooperation Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov about a Multipolar World of the XXI Century Abstract The article is dedicated to the great public official of the USSR and Russia Yevgeny Primakov. The article analyzes a multipolar system of the international relations, promoted in his works. A multipolar system, according to Primakov, does not set the trend towards the confrontation between poles and centers of power in the world. The reasons for this trend are the integration processes between the countries and transnationalization of business activities. Key words: Russia, Y. M. Primakov, a multipolar world, the US, China, India, unilat- eralism. Author Gorokhov Andrey Anatolyevich Ph. D. in Political science, Head of the Scientific Division, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia). OUTIN evgeny Primakov (1929–2015) — ac- Deputy of the Russian Federal Assembly ademician, Member of the Russian (1999–2001), Chairman of Chamber of Com- YAcademy of Sciences, statesman, pub- merce and Industry. lic figure, scientist, politician and diplomat, In 2014, he was awarded the State Prize director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Federation for his significant and the Institute of World Economy and In- contribution to scientific and analytical sup- ternational Relations (1985–1989), Chairman port of the Russian foreign policy. of the Board of the Supreme Soviet of the In 2014, he became President Emiratus USSR (1988–1991), Director of Russian For- of the Russian Society of Political Scientists, eign Intelligence Service (1991–1996), Minis- Emiratus Professor (since 1998), Emiratus ter for Foreign Affairs (1996–1998), Chairman Doctor (since 2006) of Lomonosov Moscow of the Government (1998–1999), State Duma state University. Peacemaking prominent scientist and an outstan- making. He was an active participant of the ding politician Yevgeny Primakov international peace movement. Since 1970, Agave much of his attention to peace- he was the participant of Pugwash scien- 6 Русская политология — Russian Political Science № 1, 2016 Topic of the issue: «Multipolar World of the XXI Century» tists’ movement1. Primakov has made a sig- nificant contribution to the work of US-So- viet Pugwash Group on disarmament and re- search of conflicts2. Moreover, his input into the preparing of the Treaty on Ballistic Mis- sile Defense and of the Agreements on the Strategic Offensive Arms between the USSR and USA was imposing. In the years between 1970 and 2015 he was the member of the So- viet-Pugwash and later of Russian-Pugwash (since 1991) Committee. From 2002 to 2014, he was the member of the Presidium of this Committee. We should keep in mind that the funda- Photo. Y. M. Primakov giving a lecture on mental document of the Pugwash move- Faculty of political science of Lomonosov ment, that is Russel-Einstein Manifesto Moscow State University. April 2014 (1955), said «We should learn to think in a different way. We should ask ourselves not ing for all the participants» [1]. That was the about what steps to do to achieve the victory question Yevgeny Primakov had been trying in the side we belong to, for such steps no to answer all his life, whenever political or longer exist, but we should ask ourselves the military conflict appeared. Then he found question, what steps can prevent the armed the answer and started to act for the sake struggle that is going to turn to be devastat- of peace. Primakov did a lot to establish a political 1 Pugwash scientists’ movement (Pugwash dialogue between the USA and the USSR, and Conferences on Science and World Affairs is later with Russia. He actively participated in an international nongovenmental scientific or- the Soviet-American Dartmouth conferences, ganization. The movement acquired its name was the co-chairman of the working group on from the town of Pugwash (Nova Scotia, Cana- conflict3 situations. Based in the results of da), where in 7–10 July 1957 the first meeting of the work of this group the measures for nor- scientists took place, where the most important malization of the situation in the Middle East aspects of the global politics and the nuclear have been developed. war were discussed. 2 With the growth of the Pugmash move- 3 Dartmouth meetings (conferences) are ment and after long discussions in 1964 the the conferences of the representatives of Standing Committee established the Sovi- the Soviet and the American public, held al- et-American Pugwash Group on Disarmament ternately in the USSR and the USA. The first and Arms Control. The co-chairmen of the conference held in 1960 in the United States Group that year were M. D. Millionsikov, the in Dartmouth College (Hanover, state New Head of the Soviet Pugwash Committee, and Hampshire).
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