2009 - №1 (July-September)

CONTENTS

An Introductory Message from the Editor-in-Chief by Andrej Afanasjevich Kokoshin, Dean of Faculty of World Politics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Member of Russian Academy of Sciences (P.4-8)

THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND WORLD POLITICS

Naumkin V.V. Islamism, Ethnicity and Conflicts: On the Role of Symbolic Politics (P.9-27)

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION

Strezhneva M.V. Theories of European Integration (P.28-45)

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Kokoshin A.A. Revolution in Military Affairs and the Problems of Modernization of the Russian Armed Forces (P.46-62)

Fenenko A.V. Problem of Nuclear Disarmament in International Politics (P.63-86)

REGIONAL ISSUES OF WORLD POLITICS

Plotnikova N.V. Swiss Federalism: Modern Trends in Ethnopolitical Processes (P.87-103)

Yakovlev A.I. East: Defy of “Cultural Globalization” (P.104-115)

MEMORABLE DATES IN THE HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Pechatnov V.O. The Lessons of the Second World War in the American and Soviet Strategic Planning for the Postwar Period (P.116-133)

TOPICAL COMMENTARY

Zombanakis M.A. The Causes and Implications of the Financial Crisis (P.134-147)

TEACHING ASSISTANCE

Korunova E.V. “The Concept of Neutrality. Theory and Practice of Neutrality in the International Relations”. Course Syllabus (P.148-162)

BOOK REVIEWS

Saveliev A.G. U.S. – India: Nuclear Weapons and Politics. Book Review of “Nuclear Factor in U.S. – Indian Relations (1991–2008)” by S.A. Oborotov (P.163-167)

Podtserob A.B. Book Review of “Political Islam in Northern Africa” by M.F. Vidyasova and V.V. Orlov (P.168-172)

Tatunts S.A. Book Review of “History of sociology” by E.I. Kukushkina (P.173-175)