Crisis processes in the modern world order undermine the foundations of strategic stability. The trajectory of deep changes in it represents «torn» graphics. The degree of instability of the international system itself has increased significantly. In global politics, not always an intelligible regrouping of forces and interests takes place. The threat of «world disorder» is transformed from predictive assumptions into an increasingly tangible danger fraught with very serious geopolitical consequences.

The paper analyzes the current role and importance of institutions for the development of national human capital as instruments of state power policy. The focus is on the study of the significance of NGOs and other non-state actors in world politics.

The author notes that football is not just a sport, but a social and even political phenomenon that requires special treatment. After the fiasco of the national team at the Euro 2020 championship (played in 2021), Russian football is once again at a crossroads. The question is again topical: what to do? The article analyzes in detail the causes of the crisis in national football, states the need to develop a comprehensive long-term program for its development, formulates specific proposals for inclusion in such a program.

The article discusses the main disinformation activities of Nazi Germany on the eve of the attack on the USSR, which allowed the Wehrmacht to provide strategic and tactical surprise; the nature of the fighting of the German-Romanian troops in the interfluve of the Prut and Dniester, as well as in Transnistria, the reasons for the retreat of Soviet troops from the territory of Moldova, the fate of individual border guards, soldiers, officers and generals of the Red Army.

The Arab Spring, which began in Tunisia and Egypt almost simultaneously, initially developed in a similar scenario, but in the face of sharp social polarization after 2013, counter-revolutionary tendencies began to prevail in Egypt, and in Tunisia Islamists gained power. For both countries, whatever political forces dominate, the success of their political project mainly depends on progress in alleviating the socio-economic crisis.

The government as well as the opposition parties of the Great Britain are looking for ways to involve the new generation in politics. Establishment is having problems with adaptation to modern communication means. The government under Boris Johnson is trying to build a compromise vision out of conflicting demands of the youth and other age groups.

The article analyzes interethnic contradictions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and their impact on the process of forming national identity in the republic. The author notes a high degree of disunity among peoples in all spheres of society’s life, and, as a consequence, the destructive role of the course towards violent centralization. The conclusion is made about the possibility of establishing stability in the region, subject to progressive development based on a compromise of the parties, the absence of external diktat and strict observance of the constitutional principles of the Dayton Agreement.