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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="editorial" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">41730</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2024-26-3-455-465</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">BKKXQZ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Editorial</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Black Sea, Caspian, and Central Asian Regions in Global Processes of Political Development: Introducing the Issue</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Черноморский, Каспийский и Центрально-Азиатский регионы в глобальных процессах политического развития: представляю номер</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4898-2627</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zhiltsov</surname><given-names>Sergey S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Жильцов</surname><given-names>Сергей Сергеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Department of Political Science and Political Philosophy</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой политологии и политической философии</p></bio><email>sergej-z71@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Дипломатическая академия МИД России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-11-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>26</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Politics in the Black Sea-Caspian Region</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Политика в Черноморско-Каспийском регионе</issue-title><fpage>455</fpage><lpage>465</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-11-29"><day>29</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Zhiltsov S.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Жильцов С.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Zhiltsov S.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Жильцов С.С.</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/political-science/article/view/41730">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/41730</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The common viewpoint, widely shared in the academic literature, is that the role of the Black Sea, Caspian, and Central Asian regions is increasing and contributes to the dynamic development of the countries that are part of them. Indeed, amid global transformations taking place in the world, the position of these regions, as well as individual states, has changed significantly. However, the analysis of this issue is impossible without a profound assessment of the policies of extra-regional actors: their role in determining the development of the area and their influence on political and economic processes in individual states. The extra-regional actors have often shaped the essence of development taking place in the Black Sea, Caspian, and Central Asian regions along with the nature of intra-regional processes. In the meantime, external actors have consistently integrated the Caspian, Black Sea and Central Asian states into global political processes, logistic and energy projects. As a result, the countries of these zones were given a subordinate role. Although these states developed their own ambitious geopolitical projects and long-term development programs, nevertheless, the results of more than 30 years of development of the Black Sea, Caspian, and Central Asian regions point to their increased dependence not only on extra-regional actors but also on the processes taking place in global politics and economy. The system approach allowed the authors to determine the importance of the Black Sea, Caspian, and Central Asian regions for extra-regional actors, assess their contribution to world politics and global economy, to identify potential directions of their development.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В соответствии с общепринятым тезисом, который утвердился в научной литературе, считается, что роль Черноморско-Каспийского и Центрально-Азиатского регионов повышается и способствует динамичному развитию стран, которые в них входят. Действительно, под влиянием глобальных трансформаций, происходящих в мире, положение этих регионов, а также отдельных государств, значительно изменилось. Однако рассмотрение данного вопроса невозможно без критической оценки политики внерегиональных акторов: их роли в определении развития регионов и оказываемом влиянии на политические и экономические процессы в отдельных государствах. Хотя именно внерегиональные акторы зачастую определяли характер развития Черноморского, Каспийского и Центрально-Азиатского регионов и характер внутрирегиональных процессов. Именно внешние игроки последовательно встраивали каспийские, причерноморские и центральноазиатские государства в глобальные политические процессы, транспортные и энергетические проекты. Соответственно, странам этих регионов отводилась подчиненная роль. Хотя эти государства и разрабатывали собственные амбициозные геополитические проекты и долгосрочные программы развития, тем не менее итоги более чем тридцатилетнего развития Черноморского, Каспийского и Центрально-Азиатского регионов указывают на усиление зависимости от внерегиональных акторов и возросшую зависимость от происходящих в мировой политике и экономике процессов. Системный подход позволил исследовать значение Черноморского, Каспийского и Центрально-Азиатского регионов для внерегиональных акторов, их вклад в развитие мировой политики и экономики, выявить потенциальные направления их развития.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Caspian region</kwd><kwd>Black Sea region</kwd><kwd>Central Asia</kwd><kwd>extra-regional actors</kwd><kwd>political process</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Каспийский регион</kwd><kwd>Черноморский регион</kwd><kwd>Центральная Азия</kwd><kwd>внерегиональные акторы</kwd><kwd>политический процесс</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">Aydin, M. (2004). oil. Pipelines and Security: The Geopolitics of the Caspian region. In M. 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