scholarly journals The Evolution of Peacekeeping Operations : Interview with Professor Alexander I. Nikitin

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 738-746
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
International Security ◽  
International Studies ◽  
State University ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Peacekeeping Operations ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Moscow State University

Professor Dr. Alexander I. Nikitin is a leading Russian IR scholar, an expert on problems of international security, international conflicts, peacekeeping operations, activities of international organizations. Professor of the Political Sciences Department at MGIMO University, Director of the MGIMO Center for Euro-Atlantic Security of the Institute for International Studies, Director of the Center for Political and International Studies, Professor of the State Management Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Professor of the Public Policy Department of the Research University - Higher School of Economics, President Emeritus of the Russian Political Science Association (RPSA) and Chairman of the RPSA International Cooperation Council. Subject area: International Security, Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution, International Relations, NATO Policy and Russia - NATO Relations, International Organizations (UN, OSCE, NATO, CSTO, SCO), Nuclear Policy and Non-Proliferation, Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies, Civil-Military Relations. Born in 1958, graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Moscow State University in 1979. PhD (International Relations) in 1983 and 2000. Research work for 10 years (1979-1989) in the USA and Canada Studies Institute (Senior Research Fellow, Head of Section). From 1989 to the present day Dr. Nikitin has been teaching in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (from 1996 to the present day - Professor of the Department of Political Sciences). From 2004 to the present day - Director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security of the Institute for International Studies at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Center specializes in research in the spheres of international security and international relations. In his interview Professor Dr. Alexander I. Nikitin describes the current state of international peacekeeping, current trends and characteristics of conflicts and their impact on international relations. Professor Nikitin assesses Russias participation in peacekeeping operations within the UN and other formats of international cooperation.

scholarly journals EVOLUTION OF CONFLICT STUDIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONTEXT IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA

2016 ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
A. I. Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Security ◽  
World Order ◽  
Science Research ◽  
International Studies ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Economic Formation

Article analyses formation and development of the conflict studies in Russia as a sub-discipline within political sciences, on the edge between political theory and studies of international relations and international security. Article defines stages of formation of conflict studies in Russia, analyzes social request for studies of conflicts, considers influence of foreign and international institutes and research, both form the CIS and from other foreign countries, onto the conflict studies in Russia. Author postulates turning of the "New Political Thinking"paradigm elaborated by Gorbachev that allowed reconsidering Moscow's attitude towards various conflicts and rethinking of theoretical principles of conflict analysis, that are not anymore limited to class struggle and ideological contradictions. Introduction of more pluralistic concepts of "socio-political model" and "world order" instead of Marxist category of "socio-economic formation" led to remodeling of international relations along new lines, as well as study contradictions within one social system. Splash of inter-ethnic and separatist conflicts in the first half of the 1990s led to shaping of "practically oriented conflict studies" reflecting political interests of conflict sides in conflicts in Karabakh, Georgia/Abkhazia, Georgia/South Ossetia, Moldova/Transnistria. On the eve of 1990s-2000s formation of theoretical systemic conflict studies as a discipline took place, and this discipline was already quite strongly interfaced with international and foreign conflict studies theory. Article considers role of various institutes of the Russian Academy of Science, research centers including Russian Council on International Affairs, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy? Russian Pugwash Committee, Center for Political and International studies, Moscow Carnegie Center, Russian institute for Strategic Studies, Institute for the USA and Canada Studies, etc. As a separate direction of studies article tackles studies of post-soviet conflicts by foreign institutes and centers, like UNIDIR (Geneva), SIPRI (Stockholm), EU ISS (Paris), British Royal institute of International Affairs. Interaction of Russian and Swiss scientists on the basis of Geneva-based GCSP and DCAF attracts special attention. In conclusion typical issues in focus, as well as theme fields of the Russian conflict studies as a sub-discipline within political sciences are formulated.

scholarly journals Formation of Language Competence: Modern Issues and Strategies in the Area of Cross-Cultural Communication

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-159
Author(s):  
Larisa Kosareva ◽  
Olga Evreeva ◽  
Oksana Zakirova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
State University ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Moscow State University

In the framework of globalisation, the development of cross-cultural communication skills is of high interest. However, there is no due attention paid to the development of intercultural language competence in all universities as well as the possibility to share it directly with native interlocutors of the other culture. The objective of the article is to define the critical complexities in the area of cross-cultural communication among those who study a foreign language. Another objective is to elaborate recommendations that will enable the solution of the issues in the area of cross-cultural communication within up-to-date education. As a result, the researchers’ have organised and carried out the survey among 650 linguistic students of the 4th course from four largest Russian higher educational institutions (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Higher School of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and Moscow State University). The outcomes of the research  can be used in future as the basis for the development of cross-cultural communication for university students, which should have cross-cultural competence.

scholarly journals I.G. Tyulin Scientific Library

2014 ◽  
pp. 273-277
Author(s):  
M. V. Reshetnikova
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Research University ◽  
Life Time ◽  
State University ◽  
State Institute ◽  
French Writer ◽  
Jean Bodin ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
Moscow State University

Scientific Library MGIMO opened to readers in 1944 became the basis for her book fund of the Faculty of International Relations, Moscow State University on the basis of which was created by an independent institution - Institute of International Relations (MGIMO in the future). In 1954, when the composition of the MGIMO was included from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, the merger of the two libraries. This has considerably enriched the book collection, as the Institute of Oriental led his chronicle of the Lazarev School of Oriental Languages, founded in 1815 and features a wonderful book collection. In 1958, the merger with the Institute of Moscow State Institute of Foreign Trade funds replenished special economic literature. Thus was formed the basis of the library's collection of MGIMO, which develops in accordance with the curriculum and subjects research university. Pride Library -176 manuscripts and more than 21 thousands of rare and valuable editions of XIII -the beginning of XX century. Among them - the first and the lifetime editions of works by prominent scholars, writers and public figures (N.M. Karamzin, V.O. Kliuchevskoi, N. Kostomarov S.M. Solovyev, J. Bodin, Hobbes, A.F. Koni, Martens et al.), autographed books, N.M. Przewalski, A.N. Kuropatkin, A.E. Crimean and other famous people. The collection of rare books and manuscripts research library also includes: - life time edition of the French writer and politician Jean Bodin "Six Books of the Republic" (1577); - the second edition of the famous treatise of the English philosopher and writer Thomas Hobbes "On Citizenship" (1647); - english (1669) and german (1696) edition of the book Adam Oleary "Descriptions Travel to Muscovy and Persia through Muscovy and back".

Contradictions and challenges of Eurasian integration: ways to overcome

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Елена Худоренко ◽  
Elena Hudorenko ◽  
Михаил Кротов ◽  
Mihail Krotov ◽  
Мария Валовая ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
State University ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Moscow State University ◽  
Eurasian Region

The monograph edited by L. E. Slutsky "Contradictions and challenges of Eurasian integration: ways of overcoming" is the contribution of the staff of the Department of international relations and integration processes of the faculty of political science of Moscow state University. M. V. Lomonosov in understanding the prospects and contradictions of Eurasian integration. For those interested in the problems of development of national economies of the Eurasian region and modern trends of Eurasian integration.

There is no such thing as society: beyond individualism and statism in international security studies

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Shaw
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Actor Model ◽  
Conceptual Issue

This article offers a sociological perspective on a major conceptual issue in international relations, the question of ‘security’, and it raises major issues to do with the role of sociological concepts in international studies. For some years now, the work of sociological writers such as Skocpol, Giddens and Mann1 has attracted some interest in international studies. International theorists such as Linklater and Halliday have seen their work as offering a theoretical advance both on realism and on Marxist alternatives. At the same time, these developments have involved the paradox that, as one critic puts it, ‘current sociological theories of the state are increasingly approaching a more traditional view of the state—the state as actor model—precisely at a time when the theory of international relations is getting away from this idea and taking a more sociological form.

scholarly journals Department of sociology international relations

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
V. V. Kochetkov
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
State University ◽  
Moscow State University

The article describes the process of formation and development of the Department of Sociology of International Relations, Faculty of Sociology, Moscow State University named by M.V. Lomonosov. The main personnel of the department and their scientific interests are characterized. The content of educational and scientific work is disclosed. Formulated the main problems and outlined the prospects for the development of the department.

Do You Feel Welcome? Gendered Experiences in International Security Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-226
Author(s):  
Maria Rost Rublee ◽  
Emily B Jackson ◽  
Eric Parajon ◽  
Susan Peterson ◽  
Constance Duncombe
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Security ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Diversity Initiatives ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Old Boys Network

Abstract Unlike in the broader field of international relations, relatively little research on gender representation and gendered experiences exists within the subfield of security studies. This article begins to fill that gap by sharing the results of a 2019 survey of members of the International Security Studies Section (ISSS) of the International Studies Association (ISA). The survey results show striking gender differences in members’ experiences, with women more likely than men to describe ISSS as “insular,” “clubby,” and an “Old Boys’ Network”; more likely to report experiences of hostility and exclusion; and more likely to believe that diversity initiatives are needed. Our analysis reveals that women in the ISSS report (1) harassment, (2) negative experiences participating in various section activities, (3) more significant barriers to attending and being selected for the section's ISA program, and (4) a sense of feeling unwelcome at ISSS meetings, all at higher rates than male respondents.

scholarly journals The Binding Force of International Legal Standards in the Face of the Recurrent Practice of Soft Law

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Diallo Boubacar Sidi
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Binding Force ◽  
The Face

Soft law facilitates cooperation between international actors. Already, the elaboration of international law is a matter of shared competence between States, traditionally recognized as the only subjects of international law, international organizations and the typical actors. International organizations have initiated a movement towards the adoption of flexible forms of regulation of international relations. They will profoundly change the way in which international law will be created and presented to the recipients of the rule of law. From the very beginning of their activities, organizations preferred a method other than hierarchical command to encourage international cooperation. They will develop a consistent legal technique, aimed at persuading and not compelling their Member States to adopt conduct consistent with the legally binding standard. This article proposes a reflection on soft law and the results of its increasing use in international practices.

scholarly journals School of Diplomatic English

2014 ◽  
pp. 203-205
Author(s):  
D. A. Kryachkov
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
International Relations ◽  
English Language ◽  
State University ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
World War ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Moscow State University

Chair of English Language № 1 considers itself the successor of the English Language Chair, established at the Faculty of International Relations at the Moscow State University during the World War II. After the Faculty was reformed into MGIMO the Department of English Language began to grow rapidly. Members of the chair develop textbooks and teaching materials designed to provide competence-based approach in the education in field of international affairs, the development of the professional proficiency in English, which are necessary for future participants of our foreign policy. To date, the chair staff consists of 60 professionals, including 26 PhDs. Teachers of the department also conduct research and take part in educational conferences both in Russia and abroad, including those devoted to the professional foreign language communication. Members of the chair also publish scientific articles in this field.

The Moscow State University of Culture and Arts celebrates 80th Anniversary

2010 ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
Vladimir T. Klapiuk
Keyword(s):  
Gradual Increase ◽  
State University ◽  
Folk Culture ◽  
State Institute ◽  
80Th Anniversary ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
The University ◽  
Moscow State University ◽  
Education Process

The author of article considers foundation, development and prospect questions of Moscow State University of Culture and Arts - one of the leading universities in Russia, which is educated specialists for cultural sphere, library work, social and cultural activities, folk culture and arts. The University was established on July 10, 1930 as Moscow Library Institute. In 1964 the Institute was reorganized into Moscow State Institute of Culture due to the gradual increase of educational profile, and in 1994 - into the University. Since its foundation in 1930 the University has given diplomas to more than 80 000 specialists in the sphere of culture and arts. About 12 000 students from all regions of Russia and from 35 countries of the world study at the University now. The university develops according to modern Russian and world tendencies in education process.

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