Probably, the title of this paper is surprising for many specialists in various fields of economics, politics and other social sciences. Indeed, despite the financial-economic crisis of 1997-98, the newly industrialised countries (NICs) of East Asia (‘East Asia’ herein refers to East and...

The present paper aims to provide the reasons for this failure and contends that EU and Russian interests and aspirations in ESDP, some common security threat perceptions notwithstanding, do not coincide. At first sight, Russian and EU interests connected to ESDP seem to coincide in the main,...

Economic development in Russia has dominated discussions on economic strategies world wide. In the unipolar scenario, it has attracted a greater attention than the economic strategies formulated by the erstwhile Soviet Union. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, led to the emergence of a new...

The enlargement process deeply influences the impact of NATO involvement and activities in the respective areas of interest and responsibility and significantly strengthens the capacity of the organization to more effectively cope with the new security threats. Involving new members with their...

Modern political fight in Ukraine and Russia has common historical roots but models of political communication in these countries differ substantially. It is caused by both specific of structure of state power and national features of Ukraine and Russia. A difference was strengthened by...