No 1 (2013)

The state policy in the region of control of the migratory processes of population must be intelligible to the citizens of the country and is directed toward reaching of positive results in the social, economic and other vitally important spheres of state. A new approach to the estimation of the migratory potential of the country and its components is proposed; such as migratory activity, migratory expectation and demographic factor. Formal approach for calculating the criteria indicated will make it possible to objectively estimate the level of the migratory potential of the country.

This article is devoted to the actual problem of transformation of foreign policy strategy of China in Eastern Asia during the last years. The main aspects of Chinese policy in the region are domination of economic approaches and practical embodiment of “soft power” concept. China seeks to transfer reviews about problematic points in economical interaction with the region`s countries and decisions about territorial disputes from the multilateral level to bilateral level, furthermore actively counteract to the policy of the USA and Japan, trying to make an “anti-sin coalition” from the perspective of institutional design within the political-military organization by the type of NATO.

Syria was at the center of one of the geo-strategic complexes that have arisen as a result of the Cold War and the redistribution of global domination. Key characteristics of the political regime of Syria in the context of the contradictions between the global and regional political players in this important region of the world politics are closely monitored to many analysts, however, although these descriptions are valid to some extent, the Syrian regime is actually a mode of “nomenclature” that can not be reduced to any of the used stamps.

This article presents the analysis of the Soviet authors’ papers devoted to Spinoza’s theory of politics, state, and law, that were published in 1920—1960’s.

The article analyses the results of the work of XXII World Congress of International Political Science Association “Reshaping Power, Shifting Boundaries” in Spain, Madrid 8 to 12 July 2012. The author shows significance of the main theme of Congress. He describes the key problems and thesis, which were presented during the Madrid`s Congress: global reshape of power, shift boundaries, global identity, world crisis, “democratic deficit”, “governance”, democracy index. The author analyses the role of Russian political scientists in the work of the Congress.

In the article there are considered the new approaches to the problem of updating of power in electoral cycle. The renovation of power in electoral cycle in a democratic society has a political-legal status.

The author examines the Internet as a key element of the political communication system. He explored new trends and distinctive characteristics of this new form of ruling power: interactivity, hypertextuality, multimedia, packet communication, synchronization.