The US messianism is being modernized, more and more openly politicized, adapting to the profound transformational processes in the global world. The ideas of messianism conceptualize the basic blocks of the geopolitical model of the world order, built strictly according to American patterns. It is not only presented and promoted in every possible way as the only universal one, but is also promisingly advertised as a kind of «pass» to the future world order.

This article analyzes the historical and ideological aspects of the American concept of «regime change». Its correlation with the U.S. course on the preparation of «colored revolutions» and «promotion of democracy», as well as its main ideological components are considered: «American exceptionalism» and messianism, foreign policy globalism, black and white vision of the world and double standards. The religious roots of the doctrine of «regime change» are traced, allowing to interpret it as a secular form of American post-Protestant proselytism.

The strategic importance of the territory of Spain increased dramatically with the beginning of the Cold War. American bases in Spain have become an integral part of the system of USA/NATO military facilities created in Europe in order to fight the USSR. After the reduction of the US military presence at the end of the twentieth century, currently there is a tendency for its growth, taking into account the new military and political realities. The Naval base in Rota (Cadiz) and the Air Force base in Moron (Seville) today play a key role in controlling the Western Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar.

The author notes the natural-historical nature of globalization, linking the internationalization of production, exchange and distribution with the development of the European economy and the Great Geographical Discoveries. The unfair nature of globalization was fueled by the existence of «traditional» colonial empires (British, French, Dutch, etc.). The collapse of the «liberal world order» at the beginning of the 21st century raised the question of some substitute for globalization in the form of regionalization of world space.

The article is devoted to the analysis of external migration flows and their impact on the socio-economic situation in the Russian Federation. Particular attention is drawn to new laws and decrees in this area and differentiation in the legal regulation of various ethno-national groups. The practice of «prohibition of professions» is also being investigated.

Disproportions and inequalities of the regional health care system, manifested in the underdevelopment of the network of health care institutions and the insufficient provision of qualified personnel, are reflected, first of all, in the quality and accessibility of medical care for of the population. It is becoming increasingly clear that the need for health care of low-income groups is largely due to the processes of economy and commercialization of medical services.

Despite more than 20 years of reforming the institution of elections at the local level, citizens still do not feel confident in the development of democratic participation processes. The current characteristics of political apathy of the population are not an independent process, but a consequence of the all-Russian transformation of the electoral system and the inhibition of democratic participation processes in general.

The article deals with the development of Soviet-Ethiopian political, trade and economic relations in 1960-1970, when the Soviet foreign policy in the Horn of Africa was aimed at strengthening the political and economic influence in the country. Under Emperor Haile Selassie I, Ethiopia’s foreign policy with the USSR fluctuated from mistrust to cooperation in many areas. With the change of power in 1974, as a result of the revolution, Ethiopia came to be regarded as a key country in the region.

The article considers the policy, main directions, problems and peculiarities of the development and security of the Arctic zone in the Soviet period; the measures to ensure the security of the Russian Arctic zone on the basisof the Soviet experience are proposed.

Based on his personal experience as a UN expert, the author analyzes the emerging trends in the activities of universal human rights structures: the UN, the human rights treaty bodies of the UN system and at UNESCO. These trends are a real threat to the established international universal human rights system based on the provisions of the UN Charter. It is shown with specific examples how Western liberal ideas erode the conceptual foundations laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and begin to prevail in the activities of international human rights mechanisms and thus the latter are gradually transformed into an obedient instrument of substitution of provisions of key international human rights treaties by Western liberal ideas in the guise of «universal human values» in opposition to the traditional spiritual and moral values.

The article highlights the issues of interference in the internal affairs of Russia by foreign states on the background of the establishment (change) of the world order, the development of national legislation, law enforcement practice, offenses of law in the field of the protection of state interests.

The reviewed monograph «The identity of a participant in terrorist activities» contains a unique comprehensive study of the identity of a terrorist based on modern methodology, domestic and international achievements in the fight against crime. Of great scientific interest are the data on the identity of the criminal, based on the analysis of a wide range of doctrinal studies (philosophical, sociological, psychological), a significant amount of judicial and other law enforcement practice.