On the basis of the analysis of works of the world famous, authoritative researchers (economists, political scientists, sociologists and historians of economic thought) the authors have formulated the basic complex structure of megatrends of the human civilization, which determine the trends of its development.

In recent years, China has intensified its policy in the Middle East and the Arab world, developing relations with almost all countries. The SinoArab summit confirmed that the Arab states are also ready to cooperate with it with great interest in the future “after oil”. China is ready to go far beyond the hydrocarbon component of this interaction, and its “Road and Belt” initiative is consonant with regional development programs.

The article is devoted to the post-truth supermegatrend, which subverts the civilizational foundations of societies. The stages of formation and awareness of the post-truth supermegatrend, the large hyperrealistic shifts which led to the equality of the real and the fake are analyzed. The civilizational consequences of the post-truth era are revealed.

The North – South International Transport Corridor project began in 2000 during the II International Eurasian Transport Conference in St. Petersburg. Russia, India and Iran signed an intergovernmental agreement on the creation of the ITC «North – South». The article discusses the prospects and problems of the «North – South».

The article is devoted to scrutinizing the processes of relaunching Eurasian integration and forming the new world order on the basis of regional organizations under the Russian leadership. The reasons of changing Russian policy to the East, the potential of Non-Western countries, the essence of the mega-project “Greater Eurasia” and the agenda of bilateral and multilateral relations between Russia and its partners are analyzed.

Modern global migration processes raise a number of issues, including those related to their impact on political trust in the receiving society. However, not enough attention has been paid to the problem of immigrants’ trust in the political institutions of the recipient state and its importance in the process of their integration.

The article analyzes the operational situation in the middle of summer 1942, the role and importance of the Battle of Stalingrad in the overall context of the war, the peculiarities of the initial period of the Battle of Stalingrad, the severity of the first German storm of Stalingrad, the outcome of which largely depended on the fate of the city.

The author considers the Soviet experience of state-building as the historical basis of all forms of Russian statehood.

The article examines the influence of the military component on the formation of the USSR. Attention is drawn to the complex and controversial aspects of the creation and reform of the Soviet armed forces. Historically justified parallels are drawn with the events of the period of the collapse of the country in 1991.

The paper examines the constitutional and legal foundations of statehood in the Czech Republic and the role of state authorities in implementing the principles of the rule of law in domestic and foreign policy. Speaking about the rule of law in the Czech Republic, the authors draw attention to the problems with the observance of human and civil rights in the country in the light of the fulfillment of its international obligations.

The author of the review of J.A. Plyais’s monograph «The Tragedy of Afghanistan. From origins to our days», believes that the scientific value of the study lies in the critical analysis of the Soviet doctrine of non-capitalist (socialist) development of backward or recently freed from colonial oppression countries. The book makes a correct conclusion that the attempts of the USSR to direct Afghanistan along the path of socialist development, and later by the US and its allies to instill democracy in the country, indicate that radical changes in any country are doomed to failure if its socioeconomic and political development, as well as the importance of national traditions, particularly religion, are not taken into account.