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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">27442</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2021-21-3-441-458</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Russia in Greater Mediterranean: New Pacific Eurasian Transition</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Россия в Большом Средиземноморье: новый тихоокеанско-европейский транзит</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8573-9271</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Chikharev</surname><given-names>Ivan Alexandrovich</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чихарев</surname><given-names>Иван Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of Geopolitics, Faculty of Global Processes</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат политических наук, доцент кафедры геополитики факультета глобальных процессов</p></bio><email>ichikharev@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-09-20" publication-format="electronic"><day>20</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Mediterranean Sea Basin – New Regional Security Complex?</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Бассейн Средиземного моря – новый региональный комплекс безопасности?</issue-title><fpage>441</fpage><lpage>458</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-09-20"><day>20</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Chikharev I.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Чихарев И.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chikharev I.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Чихарев И.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/27442">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/27442</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The relevance of the issues raised in the article is related to the active return of Russia to the Mediterranean region, as well as the international political transformations taking place in it. The purpose of the article is to identify the historical foundations, current state and strategic prospects of Russia’s presence and international influence in the Greater Mediterranean region. The article is based on the methodology of critical geopolitics, historical and comparative approaches, which critically analyze the geopolitical structures of the region, built in the interests of various regional and extra-regional political forces. The historical material of the ancient, medieval, new and modern periods in the history of the macro-region is used, including the poorly studied times of the Mongol presence on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Scientific works on the history, geography and international relations in the region, written in the 18th - 19th centuries, as well as modern scientific information on the trends of technological, infrastructural and political development of the Mediterranean region are introduced into scientific circulation. An important element of the article is the thesis about the special role of Russia in the Pacific-European (Eurasian) transit. From the author’s point of view, it includes not only the full implementation of Russia’s transport and logistics potential in the macro-region, but also the transfer of modern technologies, as well as the promotion of the formation of sustainable political regimes. As a result, a conclusion is made about the deep historical foundations of Russia’s presence and influence in the region, its strategic prospects are justified, and the main directions of our country’s international activities in the Mediterranean region are highlighted. An important conclusion of the article is the thesis about the need for a multilateral balanced approach to solving macro-regional problems.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Актуальность затрагиваемых в статье вопросов связана с активным возвращением России в Средиземноморский регион, а также происходящими в нем международно-политическими трансформациями. Цель статьи - выявление исторических оснований, современного состояния и стратегических перспектив присутствия и международного влияния России в регионе Большого Средиземноморья (БС). Статья опирается на методологию критической геополитики, историко-сравнительный подход, с помощью которых анализируются геополитические конструкции региона, построенные в интересах различных региональных и внерегиональных политических сил. Используется исторический материал древнего, средневекового, нового и новейшего периодов в истории макрорегиона, включая малоизученные времена монгольского присутствия на восточных берегах Средиземного моря. В научный оборот вводятся работы по истории, географии и международным отношениям в регионе, написанные в XVIII-XIX вв., а также современная научная информация о тенденциях технологического, инфраструктурного и политического развития Средиземноморья. Важным элементом является тезис об особой роли России в тихоокеанско-европейском (евразийском) транзите. С точки зрения автора, он включает в себя не только полноценную реализацию транспортно-логистического потенциала России в макрорегионе, но и трансфер современных технологий, а также содействие формированию устойчивых политических режимов. Делается вывод о глубоких исторических основаниях присутствия и влияния России в регионе, обосновываются его стратегические перспективы, выделяются основные направления международной деятельности Российской Федерации в Средиземноморском регионе. Важным выводом статьи является тезис о необходимости многостороннего сбалансированного подхода к решению макрорегиональных проблем.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Mediterranean region</kwd><kwd>history of international relations</kwd><kwd>geopolitics</kwd><kwd>geostrategy</kwd><kwd>critical geopolitics</kwd><kwd>Russian foreign policy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Средиземноморский регион</kwd><kwd>история международных отношений</kwd><kwd>геополитика</kwd><kwd>геостратегия</kwd><kwd>критическая геополитика</kwd><kwd>внешняя политика России</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Abulafia, D. (2005). Mediterraneans. In W. V. Harris (Ed.), Rethinking the Mediterranean (pp. 64—94). Oxford: Oxford University Press.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Арбатова Н.К. Средиземноморье: проблемы безопасности. 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