The Viability Of The State And The National Interests Of Russia In The Global World: A Moscow University Political Science Round Table

Abstract

A round table devoted to the theme of the viability of states and national interests was recently staged by the Political Science Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University under the auspices of its Program on Comparative Politics and Program on International Relations and Integration Processes. The topic was considered in the context of globalization and international relations. A paper presented by Prof. P. A. Tsygankov discussed the problems of conceptualization of the theoretical contributions to the development of foreign policy and diplomacy of states when the explanatory possibilities of the basic paradigms — realistic and liberal-constructivist — have been exhausted. Prof. V. M. Kapitsyn identified the emergence of the genetic viability of states, developed by the Peace of Westphalia and manifested in various modifications of the world order. Prof. A. I. Kostin analyzed the global trends in the development of the modern world and the capacity of states to counter the negative effects of globalization. Several presentations focused on the problem of the measurement (estimation) of different aspects of the viability of states — information security (T. N. Parshina), ethnopolitical security (E. N. Tyurenkova), activity of the state in the international arena (K. M. Dorokhina), public diplomacy (O. V. Stoletov), international sports activities (P. O. Gruzdeva), and the significance of event-analysis in assessing the viability of states (I. I. Dashkina). Other issues addressed by round table participants included the Mali example of peaceful means for securing independence (U. Diallo), the interaction of Kazakhstan and Belarus in the framework of the EAEU (D. A. Papba), and the institutionalization of migration policy in the border areas of Russia and China (Yuan Xun).

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