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Author : G. Toloraya
Executive Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Studies, Director, Center for Russia's Asian
Strategy, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
THERE STILL ARE A LOT of blank spots in com-
prehending Russia's Eurasian essence and China's
philosophy and spiritual treasures. In the twenty-first
century, the Asian-Pacific vector in Russia's interna-
tional relations has become no less strategically im-
portant than its policy in the European-Atlantic
region. This is convincingly illustrated by a new book
by Mikhail Titarenko and Vladimir Petrovsky, schol-
ars at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, "Russia, China and the New World Order." This work has become
a kind of a political and scientific bequest on the part of late Mikhail Titarenko, a leading Russian
Orientalist, one of the major experts on China's philosophy and intellectual culture, international
and inter-civilizational relations in Asia, as well as the problems of the new Eurasian concep-
tion.
This fundamental work is a collection of articles by the two authors highlighting the most im-
portant current problems in the historic, economic, socio-political, and spiritual development
of Russia, China and other countries of the Asia-Pacific Region (APR), as well as the problems
of the interaction of the Eastern and Western civilizations and Russia's role in their dialogue.
The subjects studied by the authors reflect a multifaceted nature of their academic interests and
their profound philosophical deliberations on the fundamentals of the future world order
promptly combined with a political analysis of its new pillars and instruments emerging before
our very eyes.
The concept, initially formulated by Mikhail Titarenko and further elaborated in the articles in-
cluded in the collection, is based on a "symphonic" nature of intercivilizational relations, a pro-
found mutual respect between all nations and ethnic groups living in Russia, their equal and
mutually beneficial cooperation, and the joining of forces in order to attain mutual goals.
The concept envisages a need to harmonize and humanize international and inter-ethnic relations,
to maintain a stable dialogue between different cultures, which depends on preserving different
peoples' ethnocultural identities, as opposed to any attempts at their leveling or eliminating their
cultural originality.
The authors sought to demonstrate a tremendous spiritual potential of Oriental civilizations and
the Russian civilization, their ability to enrich each other and maintain a meaningful dialogue,
which guarantees a successful realization of the policy of goodneighborliness and cooperation,
ultimately making it possible to secure peace and well-being of the peoples of Eastern Asia and
the APR.
Philosophy and Practice of a New World Order