No 1 (2011)

In the article there considered contradictions of the modern version of the Russian federalism, as a political and politological problem. The authors made an attempt to present the problem of federalism at conceptually-analytical level as a certain ritual meaning of the certain form of a state system thereby its values substance becomes an object of analysis. Besides applied function of federalism it's necessary to see the process of its perception and acceptance by national multinational consciousness through a prism of stability of political process, political practice, actions of the state institutes of power, persons and leaders of the center and regions.

The author touches upon the process of intellect migration in the modern Russia. In the article there shown that the consequences of brain drain constitute a menace for national security of the Russian Federation. The author proposes the ways to hold the brain drain process in Russia.

The article is devoted to one of the important episodes of the DRCongo history - the massive conflict in Catanga province, which arose in the end of the 1970-ies with the name of The Shab wars. The author depicts the history and the dynamics of the conflict, analyses the interaction of the country, named Zaire at the time, with its Western partners - USA, Belgium and France, describes the acute moments of their struggle for areas of influence.

The article is dedicated to the actual problem of transformation of the USA political, economic, military and socio-cultural activity in the world. Instead of traditional methods of the USA to manipulate political actors and to weaken national and supranational elites there appear new ways of the network theory of network war typical of the modern information epoch. The main key of such a war is an information resource, which acts with the help of creation and strengthening of comprehensive network, which in its turn unites models and concepts of military strategy existing earlier into the unique system. With the help of such network the USA ruling political elite spreads its influence upon all the countries and regions of the world in all the spheres and levels of power.

The essay is devoted to the definition of concept of power from the point of view of the communication theory.

This paper examines ethical bases for the national political behavior in the context of Kazakhstan. The author contends that in contrast to the Western emphasis on compliance with specified rules, the local culture outlines acceptable standards of behavior as defined by the tribe and demonstrated by its leader. The notion of freedom in Kazakh culture is not perceived as a symbol of progress neither for the individual nor the society as a whole. Only by cultivating a sense of community, leader's actions would be viewed as standards to follow. So the collective nature of Kazakh nomadic-age ethics was congruent with Soviet interpretation of Marxism, which accounted for their convergence in the Soviet age. However, as the paper argues these moral bases ceased to reflect the reality of present-day Kazakhstan, which urges reconsidering its ethical norms for political behavior to be grounded on the new societal organization, national character, pursuit of individual wealth as a factor of progress, and the global information age.