«Russia’s Foreign Policy. History and Contemporaneity», a book written by Doctor of Philosophy, Professor V.S. Buyanov, examines the foreign policy of the Russian state during the main stages of its history: Ancient Russia, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation. It is one of the fewbooks that attempts to understand the most significant foreign policyprocesses and phenomena in both historical and modern Russia from a philosophical and ideological perspective,in addition to presenting historical events and facts.Based on the Concept of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation,approved by the Presidential Decree of March 31, 2023, and other strategic documents, the book reveals the fundamental guidelines of international activities in modern Russia. The study highlights notable shifts in the Russian Federation’s foreign policypriorities both before and after the start of the special militaryoperation in Ukraine. The author draws attention to the difficult tasks that the country’s foreign policy and foreign economic agencies face in the context of the ongoing attempt to isolate Russia in the international arena. Russian internationalists contribute significantly to strengthening the sovereignty and true independence of the Russian Federation by developing interaction with friendly countries and peoples of the Eurasian and other continents, maintaining and strengthening partnerships and cooperation relations with states that stand on positions of benevolent neutrality,and responding appropriatelyto anti-Russian policies of unfriendlycountries.
Gadzhieva Rukiyat G.
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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The book of S.V. Buyanov ‘Foreign-political activities and international security of Russia' is analyzed in the article. The book deals with the topical issues of foreign policy activities of Russia and ensuring its security. The causes of aggravation of the current global situation are investigated, the efforts of the Russian state to protect its national interests are shown. In the opinion of V.S. Buyanov, the course towards universal "democratization" of the world has not passed the test of time. Moreover, it led to the intensification of contradictions, even antagonistic, between the Western and non-Western world, seriously aggravating the international situation. Having proved the advantages in the fight with Soviet-style socialism, the West and its politicians believed in their infallibility and began to rebuild the world in accordance with their ideas about universal values, based on democracy and human rights. At the heart of these contradictions is not so much the economy or the social sphere (for all their importance), but the ideas and values that underlie any ideology. In this connection, the author's reflection on the nature of the ideology of "democracy" uniting the United States and Europe as a single center of power is of interest. The book shows in a polemic manner the transformation of the state in the context of globalization, the inconsistency of the arguments of those who consider this most important political institution a relic of "strict thinking" and "old politics". Cultural and civilizational aspects of world development, features of ten "living" civilizations, including the unique Russian civilization, are analyzed; the formation and civilizational approaches in social studies are compared. Considerable attention is paid to the geopolitical factor in international relations and the justification of the features of the current geopolitical era.
