Regional Security Complexes (Spatial Autocorrelation and Cluster Analysis Stimulation)

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
I. Okunev ◽  
V. Vinogradov
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Political System ◽  
International Security ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

Received 23.03.2020. Security studies are going through a new stage of development. The 20th century was marked by scientific discussions about globalization itself and its possible impact on international security, the need to adjust concepts and methodologies. Many modern challenges are a direct consequence of increased global interdependence. At the same time, global attention is shifting towards regions, because the processes originating there can explain and determine the structure of international security. In turn, it is vital to adopt the knowledge and methodology of regional studies and political geography to avoid the “territorial trap”. In our opinion, international studies are still missing the importance of spatiality and its influence on the world political system. Regardless the importance of geographical factor and the fact that in some way it determines the vector of the world political system development, spatiality is often overlooked. “Thinking in the space” is a skill necessary for any researcher. Spatiality is not just a set of geographical characteristics, but something more integral. Therefore, to understand international security and prospects for its further development, we need a comprehensive approach taking a wide range of factors into account. Moreover, an important problem of modern international security is the lack of comprehensive security studies at the global level that take into account the factor of space and regionalization. The research identifies Regional Security Complexes using cluster analysis of k-means. A spatial autocorrelation analysis is used to justify found systems, which consider the mutual influence of countries on each other. In a nutshell, it can explain regionalization of international security and the role of spatial factor in this process, create methodological framework for further analysis of Regional Security Complexes. Acknowledgements. The article has been supported by the grant of the IIS MGIMO No. 1921-01-09 “Geopolitical Atlas of the Modern World: Cartograms Modelling, Multidimensional Scaling and Determination of Local Indicators of Spatial Autocorrelation in World Politics”.

Innovation in the cosmetic industry: a brief overview

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
I. S. Balanchuk
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
Packaging Process ◽  
Cosmetic Industry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Body Care ◽  
Independent Country

Cosmetics are not a modern invention. Civilization uses substances to change and enhance its appearance, or to emphasize certain features for at least 10,000 years, and possibly for much longer. It is believed that the first to begin using natural ingredients for body decoration were the ancient Egyptians. However, references to facials and body care as well as ways of enhancing appearance are found in the history of Ancient Rome, Normans and Vikings, and even, albeit slightly later, Kievan Rus. Because, naturally, a person has a desire to improve himself, to find new ways of expression in society. And today cosmetics play an important role in shaping modern humans and, as a result, societies around the world. There is a wide range of different cosmetics on the market, all with different combinations of ingredients, different formulations and a completely different manufacturing and packaging process. That is why describing and evaluating all cosmetics is unrealistic and unnecessary. The author suggests in this study to briefly review the history of the origin of the first cosmetics, ways of their use and transformation into a purposeful beauty industry. In addition, the study provides some statistics with information that will help reach the scale of the cosmetic industry in the modern world and identify the leading countries in terms of cosmetics companies, manufacturing and brands in their territory. The situation in the cosmetic industry in Ukraine has its positive and negative sides. A young, independent country has every chance of developing its cosmetic markets, but an immature political system and imperfect legislation are in every way hindering it. However, recent statistics show a steady, albeit slightly slower turnover in the domestic cosmetic market. The innovative component of the domestic cosmetic industry is still practically absent. Although it is hoped that young scientists — mainly students and talented youth — will be able to take the beauty industry to a new level in our country. This is evidenced by the latest data on new startup projects in the cosmetic and medical industries.

International trade

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Анастасия Руднева ◽  
Anastasiya Rudneva
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic

The textbook examines the essence, place and role of international trade in the system of modern world economic relations and in ensuring international economic security, as well as forms and methods of international trade. Particular attention is paid to the specifics of pricing and state regulation of this form of MEO, including in the framework of the world trade organization, as well as trends in the development of international trade in the context of the transformation of its geographical and commodity structure, taking into account modern challenges and threats. The textbook is intended for bachelors studying in the direction of "Economics", graduate students, teachers and a wide range of readers interested in the discipline.

scholarly journals CANCELLATION OF THE TREATY OF 1987 ON THE ERADICATION OF INTERMEDIATE AND SHORTER-RANGE MISSILES AND ITS IMPACT ON PAN-REGIONAL SECURITY IN AEGIS OF THE ‘THREE SEAS’ AREA (BALTIC, ADRIATIC-BLACK SEA SPACE)

2019 ◽  
pp. 133-145
Author(s):  
Alika GUCHUA
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
International Security ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Baltic

The issue of the international security has become more pressing actual in 21st century due to the appearance of new dangers and challenges in the modern world, which were not typical for the previous century. On the background of geopolitical transition, the role of strategic offensive arms and weapons of mass destruction has become more important. In the modern world, it is important to maintain strategic parity on arms when global challenges pose a serious threat to all humanity. In this paper, we discussed the reasons for the cancellation of the Treaty on the Elimination of intermediate-range and short-range missiles of 1987 and the dangers that are threatening the world. The USA and Russia have officially announced that they are starting modernizing and producing ballistic missiles and what is more important, their policies are forcing other countries to produce similar arms. The paper focuses on the security environment of the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Sea regions, the dangers that resulted from the cancellation of the abovementioned agreement. The Politics of Strategic Bullying in the Bipolar Era, the “Cold War” phenomenon and geopolitical processes of New Cold War is also discussed in this paper. Also, discussing the role of strategic offensive arms and defining NATO's role in ensuring international security has an important place in this paper.

scholarly journals HUMAN RIGHTS IN MODERN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

Introduction. At the present stage of development of the world political process, one of the main problems has been to ensure the effective operation of human rights protection mechanisms, both at the national and international levels. The main vocation of legal science in this area is to provide expert assessments of problematic issues and scientifically developed recommendations for improving the mechanisms of human rights protection in modern international relations and especially in crisis situations that have become almost permanent in the life of the world community. The purpose of this publication was to implement a retrospective analysis of the evolution of the development of legal consolidation of human rights at the international level and the thorny problems in this area. Summary of the main research results. Thus, this publication considers the main stages of human rights, highlights the main problems of development, outlines the place of human rights in modern international relations and presents the main characteristics of the challenges facing states in the implementation of cooperation in the field of human rights. Finding the specifics of human rights and identifying mechanisms for their formation is a separate problem for jurists. The legal aspect of enshrining human rights in international legal instruments is important in the context of modern reality. It is through the disclosure of this issue that it is possible to identify the main stages of the evolution of the consolidation of human rights in international law. Conclusions. The development of international legal consolidation of human rights has significantly influenced the evolution of international law as a whole. Under the influence of these processes, national sovereignty, as a basic principle of international law, began to take on new forms, and the individual acquired many features of international legal personality. Thanks to non-state rule-making, the sphere of consolidation and protection of human rights tends to self-development and constant adaptation to the changing needs of society in the social and moral spheres. Human rights are a cultural phenomenon that reflects the system of value orientations of a person rooted in a particular historical epoch and depends on the ideology of the world legal community. The problem of human rights, their protection from external and internal threats requires an immediate solution, making it a priority to consider legal issues among a wide range of global problems of mankind. At the same time, it must be emphasized that the democratic development of modern society and human rights are inextricably linked. This connection also implies that human rights must be recognized as legitimate as a result of democratic procedures, but outside the national legal systems there is a moral justification necessary to convince the subjects of international law that everyone, even outside the national legal system must enjoy all guaranteed rights and freedoms.

scholarly journals BRICS in International Legal Space: Humanitarian Imperatives of International Security

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-34
Author(s):  
B. Asadov ◽  
V. Gavrilenko ◽  
S. Nemchenko
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Security ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
World Order ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Large Country ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
International Peacekeeping

The article is devoted to the examination of the formation of new vectors for international relations development within the global format of cooperation. The establishment and unification of BRICS in the international legal sphere through a wide range of common interests and views of its members towards issues facing the modern world reflect objective tendencies of world development to the formation of amultipolar international relations system and determination of particular large country actors of broad integration and having many dimensions. The authors reveal particular characteristics of the international-legal status of BRICS, which make it possible to have an effective impact on challenges facing the modern world. The legal BRICS status differs crucially from traditional legal approaches to international organizations. Acting as a special subject of world politics, creating more trusted interaction conditions, BRICS focuses its attention on the alternative world order principles within the new model of global relations. Such a format of multilateral cooperation, as well as more trusted and additional mechanisms of international interaction, gives the members an opportunity to demonstrate their geopolitical and geoeconomic world significance, and in addition their demanded humanitarian role, which, as the analysis of the mentioned actor demonstrates, is aimed at forming its own interaction model. The logic of the BRICS agenda extension to the level of an important global management system element demonstrates the goal in the field of action and, accordingly, intensive progress of humanitarian imperatives. For these humanitarian imperatives, the issues of international peacekeeping, security, protection, encouraging human rights and providing stable development are an objective necessity, especially for active demonstration of the members’ viewpoints on the international scene. For understanding the process of the alignment of international security humanitarian imperatives it is necessary to study the existing objective needs in conjunction with each country, member of BRICS.

scholarly journals Demographic Problem in the Modern World Economy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Vitalevna Kriukova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Age Structure ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Stage

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the current stage of development of the world economy is characterized by a deep structural adjustment, leading to increased differences between industrialized and developing countries. The need to analyze the processes taking place in the modern world economy, as well as the possible scenario of its development under the influence of the demographic factor, further confirms the relevance of this study. The study raises the problem of global economic security – the changing structure of the distribution of the world's population by country and region, the aging of the population in some states, and the formation of a young age structure and accelerated population growth in others.

scholarly journals Romanian naval dimplomacy, continuous evolution in the swirl of external diplomacy

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ioan Gabriel Moise ◽  
Edith-Hilde Kaiter
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Eu

From ancient times the dominion of the seas has been a condition for gaining power and influence, and the position of a state near a sea has been an advantage for both its development and the neighboring region.           Due to its geographical position, the Black Sea is a region of great importance for all actors claiming leading positions in the world hierarchy and the intensification of economic relations between the states of the region after the end of the Soviet monopoly and its connection to the world market generated auspices for a new cycle development and regional prosperity.         The relocation of the EU border to the Black Sea, along with the integration of Romania and Bulgaria, brings in many economic benefits, given its dependence on oil imports, but its expansion, like that of NATO, does not only mean benefits. The EU and NATO must also take on vulnerabilities in the area, such as underperforming economies, arms, drug and human trafficking, illegal immigration or frozen conflicts, and thus try to help stabilize the region. In recent years, the military has not only played a destabilizing role, but has made a decisive contribution to ensuring the security of the Black Sea region. In this sense, the military naval forces of the riparian countries, including Romania, had a special role. Through the wide range of missions in which the Romanian Naval Forces participate in the Danubian-Pontic space, both internally and externally, in cooperation with the states bordering the Black Sea and with the NATO member states, Romania contributes to the promotion of regional security and stability. The naval diplomacy actions carried out in the last thirty years thus reveal not only the role and purpose of the Romanian Naval Forces within NATO in the actions of maintaining and consolidating good relations with the states bordering the Black Sea, as well as maintaining security with allies in the distant maritime districts. They also point out that naval diplomacy has contributed to the expression of foreign policy in different areas and with means that have increased its effect, impact and efficiency.  

scholarly journals PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCTIC

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
B.P. Ivchenko ◽  
V.S. Kydryashov
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Shipbuilding Industry ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Technical Potential ◽  
The World

The Arctic has a unique natural resource infrastructure potential, and its development is rightly a priority of the national security policy pursued by our state. The relevance of the topic is that the shipbuilding industry is one of the most technological sectors of the economy. She should be given a high scientific and technical potential, which requires more and more from scientific organizations for the development of new and promising technologies. As well as shipbuilding and the use of Maritime transport for the transport of goods continues to play a major role in the world and in the Russian economy. The aim of the work is to consider the problems associated with the development of the shipbuilding industry in the Arctic. The analysis of the Northern sea route, its development and importance for Russia and the world as a whole. It is concluded that the Arctic is the place, the development of which will improve both the economic and social situation of countries in the modern world.

Models of Regional Leadership in Eurasia: to the New Research Agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 114-123
Author(s):  
I. Busygina ◽  
I. Grigoriev ◽  
A. Dekalchuk ◽  
Y. Kabanov ◽  
S. Krivokhizh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Regional Leadership ◽  
New Research

One of the important tasks in the study of international politics today is the elaboration and empirical verification of new theoretical models for the coexistence of several regional leadership projects, simultaneously implemented by various countries and international organizations. Until now, the existing models, as a rule, have described this kind of leadership at the international arena in fundamentally hierarchical terms: either as a unipolar world with a hegemonic country dominating global politics, or as a bipolar system. These models unambiguously assume that the world either “belongs” to one hegemon, or is divided between two superpowers. In the latter case, there are practically no regions where both leadership projects would be carried out simultaneously, since such a geographical “overlap” would inevitably provoke conflict. Meanwhile, the task of understanding and explaining the internal mechanics of the simultaneous coexistence of several potential leaders on the same geographic territory for a fairly long time remains unsolved. In the modern world, such parallel (joint or competitive) leadership can no longer be regarded as an anomaly or a temporary phenomenon, it becomes a “new normality”, creating additional opportunities for international players, but at the same time imposing more substantial constraints on them. Thus, the relevance of the agenda put forward in the article is determined by a number of circumstances, the most fundamental of which is the crisis of the global governance system and the neoliberal model of globalization. Today, macro-regions become “building blocks” for the multipolar structure of the world, and the role of individual states or their groups, which begin to play a structure-forming role in “their” macro-regions, is increasing. These are potential leaders with special characteristics and special relations with their “followers”. The problem of leadership is most interestingly actualized in the Eurasian region, the internationalization of which is rapidly growing. In this region, several leaders are observed (such as Russia, China, the European Union) who compete for the same followers, offering them different agendas and using a wide range of power tools – from “soft” to “hard” power. It is in Eurasia that the variability of relations connecting the leader and followers is extremely high. In this article, the authors put forward and ground the possibility and necessity of developing a research agenda on regional leadership based on the material of modern Eurasia – the most important world macro-region where three leadership projects are being successfully implemented at the same time, the description and analysis of which in their interconnection go beyond the Eurasian theme only and can help advance our understanding of the nature of multipolarity in modern international relations.

Russia, Euroasian economic union and World Trade Organization

10.12737/6432 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kashirkina ◽  
Andrey Morozov
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
International Law ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
The Republic

The monograph is the first scientific publication, considering the complex international legal issues of the integration of rapprochement of the Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan after the signing of the Heads of State May 29, 2014 the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union. The monograph is held international legal analysis of the contractual framework prior Eurasian Economic Union integration union – Customs Union. The position of the new interstate integration association – the Eurasian Economic Union – as a subject of public international law. On the basis of comparative legal analysis mapped international legal obligations, operating under the World Trade Organization, as well as the provisions of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, including in the areas of customs regulation, industrial policies, and technical regulation. Give suggestions and recommendations for improving and promoting the integration of the former Soviet Union in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union, taking into account Russia’s membership in the World Trade Organization, as well as the possible accession by the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan – Russia’s partners in the Eurasian Economic Union. The monograph focuses on a wide range of readers: researchers and experts in the field of international law and international relations, employees of public authorities, business representatives, teachers and law faculties, graduate students, and all interested in the integration of the modern world.

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