Annotation of magazine number 4, April, 2022

safety

Yuri Belobrov

NATO aims to turn space into its own patrimony

NATO's military expansion knows no borders. Having declared almost the entire globe the sphere of their military-political interests and military operations, the leading countries of the alliance have begun to implement plans to establish their military and technological superiority now in space.

Keywords: NATO, space, operational environment, militarization, combat zone.

Vasily Klimov

Influence of pressure groups on U.S. missile defense policy

The formation of US missile defense policy, as in other expensive military programs, is under serious lobbying pressure from the military-industrial complex.

Keywords: US missile defense policy, US Congress, military-industrial complex, research institutes (foundations), missile defense programs, pressure groups.

MOSCOW DIPLOMATIC CORPS

Davlatshoh Kurbanal Forelakhmajadzoda

Tajikistan and Russia: 30 years of sustainable strategic partnership and alliance

The year 2022 is significant for the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation - on April 8, our countries celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Keywords: Tajikistan, Russia, 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations

politics

Dmitry Evstafyev

The New World Order: the need for a "clean slate" and geo-economic realities of today

The crisis of the existing model of capitalism becomes especially obvious against the background of the aggravation of the military-political situation in the world and the actual legalization of military-power means of conducting interstate competition. The world is obviously entering a period of power geoeconomics, although while maintaining the classical agenda for the period of late globalization.

Keywords: the crisis of world capitalism, the collective West, "investment air", "clean slate", Washington's Russophobia.

INTERVIEW ROOMS

Oleg Kobyakov

FAO has declared 2022 the Year of "extraordinary efforts"

Today, the greatest concern of FAO is the state of the world's land and water resources. These ecosystems are working at the limit. A third of productive soils are degraded. Due to climate change, the processes of salinization and salinization have accelerated, which brings huge losses.

Keywords: FAO, SDG-2, Agenda 2030, FAO Office in Moscow.

INFORMATION FIELD

Alexander Sharikov

The reaction of the global online information space to the Russian military special operation in Ukraine: statistical media dynamics

The military special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine caused a huge splash in the world press. What is the reaction of the global online information space to this military special operation of the Russian Federation and the events around it?

Keywords: military special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, monitoring system "Factiva", representation on the Internet, media storm, media dynamics.

EUROPEAN VECTOR

Anton Grishanov

There is always a way out. Results of Russia's stay in the Council of Europe

A quarter of a century after Russia joined the Council of Europe, Moscow's relations with this organization, which had been experiencing a serious crisis for a long time, have come to an end.

Keywords: Council of Europe, ECHR, human rights and democracy issues, NGOs, "divorce" of Moscow and Strasbourg.

Denis Podolsky

On the issue of the international legal status of the European Union

To date, among the theorists and practitioners of European integration, there is no unambiguous answer to the question, what is the European Union from an international legal point of view: an international organization, a new form of state, a confederation or something else?

Keywords: European Union, legal status, integration, international intergovernmental organization, international law, "soft confederation".

GEOPOLITICS

Igor Egorov

The confrontation between Qatar and Saudi Arabia as one of the determining factors in the paradigm of regional relations

The system of regional relations in the Persian Gulf in its development is in many ways a unique phenomenon. So, within 10-15 years, the dwarf state of Qatar managed to turn from an ordinary member of the GCC into a regional sub-hegemon, which in 2020 began to claim the role of leader in the GCC, pushing Saudi Arabia.

Keywords: the confrontation between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, the Qatari diplomatic crisis, regional hegemony, regional contradictions, the system of regional relations, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Jazeera.

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