Vol 9, No 3 (2017)

This article examines the phenomenon of the p’unsu, which has little studied in domestic science. Koreans used this philosophical theory and practice from antiquity when they defi ned auspicious places for settlements and burials of relatives. Based on medieval and modern literature sources the author analyzes the link of p’unsu with Chinese fengshui, explores the main theoretical postulates of this theory and its practical application for the sake of gaining a healthy and happy life. P’unsu played an important role in the political life of the medieval Korea, so the article reveals its social function. The conclusion is that this ancient proto-science helped the Koreans to live in harmony with nature, it has become an important part of Korean worldview and is demanding in modern Korea. To understand Korean culture in all its diversity, it is necessary to consider a role p’unsu.

This article examines the main priorities of Libyan foreign policy in the period from 1990 to 2010. Special attention is paid to it relations with the United States and other Western countries, in addition it shows more detail about UN sanctions imposed on Libya, which they are strongly affected in almost of country’s activity, also it views the main events between Libya and Russia, as well as it covers the basic idea of Libyan foreign political activities - unionism.

The article is devoted to a historical review of the ideological conditions of Serbian-Russian relations in the period from the 19th to the 21st centuries. The author gives a retrospective of the main ideologies which are signifi cant for the development of Serbian-Russian relations in this period, and also analyzes their infl uence on the relationship between these two countries.The subject of the study are the ideological conditions for the formation and development of Serbian-Russian relations.The aim of the study is to fi nd out the ideological foundations of the Serbian-Russian relations in the last three centuries. In this regard, the following task is supposed to be solved: to make an analysis of political and cultural-ideological factors.The author comes to the conclusion that different ideologies consistently in their own way infl uenced the formation and development of Serbian-Russian socio-political ties and relations within the period of the last three centuries.

The article focuses on the activities of certain structures (already existing and just created) in the territory of the Soviet Union in the Spanish immigrants who arrived in the Soviet Union during and after the Civil war of 1936-1939, which ended with the fall of the Second Republic and the establishment of the Franco regime. The author devoted special attention to the necessity of functioning of such entities in the life of a Spanish exile in the Soviet Union because of its special nature related to the uniqueness of the historical stay of the Spaniards in the territory of modern Russia. The article discusses aspects of social and economic assistance provided by a «Soviet Spaniards» from the Soviet sections of a number of international organizations directly created to support immigrants and refugees - International Red Aid (MOPR) and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The article highlights the role of special institutions responsible for the cultural adaptation of immigrants as a community of people of one ethnic origin through the activities of the so-called Spanish Centre in Moscow, originally created by internal forces of the Spanish emigrants, but later got offi cial, almost governmental status and change over time the place of deployment, however, continues to operate to this day.

The article is devoted to analysis of migration policy of contemporary Russia in American scholarship. At the center of attention - publications prepared by one of the leading American centers of Russian studies, Kennan Institute, the branch of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The article is based on the materials of Eurasian Migration Papers which was founded by Kennan Institute at the beginning of the XXI century. The author uses also publications by Kennan Institute stuff situated on its offi cial website. The authors of these publications are as American sociologists and specialists on migration problems as scholars from post-Soviet states who cooperate with Kennan Institute. An analysis of Kennan Institute publications gives us an opportunity to stress key problems of interest for American specialists on Russian migration policy: the main periods of evolution of Russian migration policy, migrants from Central Asia and South Caucasus in contemporary Russia, Chinese migrants in Russian Federation, relations between Russian population and migrants.The author concludes that scholarship by American specialists on migration problems have high scientifi c level. Some specialists regularly do their fi eld studies in different Russian regions and cities, not only in Moscow and Moscow region. They use different methods of demography and sociology. But they usually stress different problems of relations between Russian society and migrants. They also criticize the activity of Russian offi cial institutes dealing with migration problems. American specialists think that these institutes have no success in long-time integration of migrants in Russia. American sociologists cooperated with Kennan Institute try to prove that problems of nationalism and racism really exist in contemporary Russian society. Such moods, to their minds, are very popular not only in Moscow region but also in different parts of Russian federation. This situation is dangerous for social and political stability in contemporary Russia.