No 2 (2013)

In article discussed the process of a transformation of Shanghai community This paper shows that for the proper understanding of the process of a transformation in Shanghai community it is highly important to emphasize the synthesis of Eastern and Western culture and to reveal the impact of foreign investments on the social and economic life of citizens in this period. From this perspective, we suggest that there was a significant effect resulted in social changes both within the Chinese citizens and Shanghailanders.

The article investigates the process of evolution of Ukraine’s foreign policy in Afghanistan. The author determines the national interests of Ukraine in this state and describes the main stages of cooperation in political, military and economic spheres. The current issue is considered on the basis of the analysis of a number of Ukraine’s doctrines in the field of foreign policy and national security. The author concludes that the relations between Ukraine and Afghanistan don’t contain any contradictions, which could have a negative impact on their development.

The article deals with the comperative-chronological analysis of the role of Eurasian gepolitical conception which have very deep historical roots of the relations between Russia and Turkey in the aftermath of the Cold War. In this research author analysed elements of competititon, dynamics of approaching and their occurence through the caracteristics in the relations between two countries.