The article presents the author’s position on the problem of Eurasian identity from the point of view of Russia’s place and role in historical development. This process cannot be described using any exclusive set of factors but covers the whole range of natural historical and socio-cultural conditions. Due to objective prerequisites and actual directions of Eurasian development, Russia occupies a central place in the formed identity.

In the context of international relations transition from the unipolar to multipolar world a new period is coming that is described from the U.S. leadership’s standpoint as the strategic competition with such major powers as Russia and China. The American military power plays a special role here. The article focuses on the essence and peculiarities of the U.S. conceptual vision of the competition and the role of the U.S. armed forces. Along with that the article describes the spectrum of the American military power application to reach global goals.

In the 21st century China is emerging as a new geo-political power in Africa. This article is dedicated to the conceptual basis of Chinese policy in Africa, practice of regular Forums on China – Africa Cooperation, African dimension of One Belt – One Road Initiative, different aspects of economic partnership between China and Africa.

The latest practices of social and psychological engineering are significantly changing the mental environment of modern societies: the human brain is becoming the battlefield. Achievements in the sphere of high technology, associated with information operations and using the tools of “soft power”, make it possible to introduce false paradigms, falsify meanings and values into the minds of large masses of people. The article shows the evolution of the concept of “cognitive warfare” on the basis of analytical materials, analyzes the methods of forming the image of a hostile “alien”.

The article examines the prerequisites for expanding interaction between Russia and India, taking into account the continuing status – a particularly privileged partnership. The analysis of bilateral and multilateral interaction carried out in the article showed that the potential for cooperation between countries remains practically unrealized.

Part 1 is devoted to the analysis of bilateral interaction in the field of the fuel and energy complex. It is shown that energy potential can become a catalyst for deepening interaction and transition to a “cooperation” format between countries.

Russia is increasingly finding itself in the grip of international drug mafia, and illegal supplies of drugs from Afghanistan and China play a significant role in this process. The paper studies combination of drivers of the rising drug threat, which is inherent in two states in some extent.

The article is devoted to the phenomenon of unprofessionalism and its impact on the contemporary political science. It analyses the role of the layman, the features of professional and non-professional socio-political discourse, investigates the problems and trends in professional socio-political discourse, and defined the necessary conditions for the development of contemporary political science.

The Maltese project of Paul I is one of the least studied issues in the history of Russian foreign policy. The article attempts to consider this project in the context of the development of the foreign policy of the Russian Empire in the 18th century.

The article is based on law enforcement practice on the recognition of the genocide of the atrocities of the Nazis and their accomplices against the civilian population of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War. The legal acts justifying the use of judicial coercion measures in historical retrospect and the conceptual apparatus are also given.

The article examines the remarks of I.V. Stalin on the draft textbook of political economy in 1950. The remarks concerned both the methodology of presenting the material and the subject of political economy, the principle of historicism in presenting the material, taking into account the socio-economic conditions that have changed since the time of Marx. These remarks seriously influenced the All–Union discussion organized by the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks in November – December 1951.