The article is devoted to the activities of the UN Security Council in the period after the collapse of the bipolar system of international relations.
The key aspects of the reform, competing models for changing membership and working methods, and prospects are considered.

The study is devoted to the analysis of economic cooperation between Russia and Kyrgyzstan from 1991 to the present. Such areas as stimulating mutual trade turnover, attracting investments, providing donor assistance, developing infrastructure, harmonizing migration policy, tourism and strengthening interregional ties have been identified as the main priorities of economic cooperation.

After the Second World War, the nature of interstate confrontation has changed: the basis was not military means, but information and psychological operations. This is the so-called hybrid war, which does not require a declaration, but it can turn prosperous states into the arena of armed struggle, bringing them to the brink of humanitarian disaster or civil war.

The article considers the interaction between Germany and the countries of Central Asia. The region is of interest to Berlin due to a complex of factors (security and countering international terrorism, trade and investment activities, diversification of markets and energy suppliers, migration management).

Military power projection is a powerful component of the PRC’s comprehensive strategy to assert national sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Dredging and equipping reefs with dual-use infrastructure allows China to significantly expand its monitoring, reconnaissance and response capabilities to potential threats in the South China Sea.

The article analyzes the features of the peace treaty that affect the formation of a common identity. The peace treaty has a limited impact on postconflict settlement and requires taking into account the interests of all warring parties. External influence plays a destructive role in the search for compromises.

The author examined the impact of foreign policy strategies of Eastern European states based on nationalist ideology in relation to the Russian Federation and the states of the Russian world, which clearly manifested itself during the crisis of unipolarity in international relations.

The article analyzes the influence of environmental programs of Russian political parties on electoral preferences. The All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center research shows that despite the satisfactory assessment of the environmental situation by the population, the growth of concern about the deterioration of the environmental situation in the regions is noticeable.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary recalls the work under the leadership of E.A. Shevardnadze. He evaluates the tasks that the Minister set before his staff, his methods of leadership, as well as his work after the collapse of the USSR as President of Georgia and his anti-Russian policy.

The article attempts to analyze the international legal dimension of the BRICS through a comparative analysis using the examples of the UN and the BRICS, the BRICS and the G7 and G20. The author highlights the
distinctive features of the BRICS that make this international entity attractive and promising in the context of degradation of existing international institutions of global governance.

The article analyzes the political and legal aspects of the legitimacy of V.A. Zelensky as President of Ukraine after May 20, 2024, i.e. after the expiration of a 5-year term of office. The authors conclude that the legitimacy of V.A. Zelensky after the expiration of his term of office does not currently have a legal basis and all his further actions, including the publication, approval or signing of regulatory legal acts, may be questioned.