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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="book-review" 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">46270</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2025-25-3-553-560</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">YFZNDA</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REVIEWS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>РЕЦЕНЗИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>评论</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Book review:  Phillips, C. (2024). Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain  the New Middle East. New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 312 p.</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Рецензия на книгу: Phillips C. Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East.  New Haven, London : Yale University Press, 2024. 312 p.</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8617-3508</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6331-0848</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Savicheva</surname><given-names>Elena M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Савичева</surname><given-names>Елена Михайловна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Oriental and African Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры востоковедения и африканистики</p></bio><email>savicheva-em@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2443-5556</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">9253-5120</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kirichko</surname><given-names>Filipp A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Киричко</surname><given-names>Филипп Андреевич</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD Student, Department of Oriental and African Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры востоковедения и африканистики</p></bio><email>1142230184@pfur.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>25</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Bandung Conference: The Evolving Role of Asian and African Countries in World Politics</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Отмечая 70-летие Бандунгской конференции: эволюция роли стран Азии и Африки в мировой политике</issue-title><fpage>553</fpage><lpage>560</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-03"><day>03</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Savicheva E.M., Kirichko F.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Савичева Е.М., Киричко Ф.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2025, Savicheva E., Kirichko F.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Savicheva E.M., Kirichko F.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Савичева Е.М., Киричко Ф.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Savicheva E., Kirichko F.</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/46270">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/46270</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>-</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>-</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Публикация выполнена в рамках Проекта № 102502-2-000 Системы грантовой поддержки научных проектов Российского университета дружбы народов (РУДН).</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">This publication has been supported by the RUDN University Scientific Projects Grant  System, project No.102502-2-000.</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Phillips, C. 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