No 1 (2009)

This article is an attempt to describe the essence and the stages of Canadian conservatism as an ideology, and the realization of its principles in the activity of the Brian Mulroney government in 1984-1993. The ultimate goal of this paper is to analyze the reasons for the success of the Progressive Conservative party during the general elections of 1984 and 1988, as well as to draw attention to Conservative decisions aimed at resolving the question of Quebec (the Meechlake and the Charlotettown accords), and to clarify the major directions of the party's activity to enhance its social and regional electoral base during the above mentioned period.

This article is an attempt to describe the political organization of Massalia in the antique period, especially its evolution from moderate oligarchy to moderate aristocracy. The civil community of Massalia was mixed, and included also representatives of the local notables. Massalia was famous for its laws as well as its court system. As far as the revenues of the state were concerned, it was a tradition in Massalia to use the property census for this purpose.

The article deals with the most important problems of emergence new collective security system in Europe in the conditions of a deep geopolitical crisis. It touches upon new ideas and conceptions of a secure world at the beginning of a new century and rather complicated problems of international relation among European countries in the field of energy cooperation and energy security.

This article examines archival documents of different countries as the main sources in the research on the genocide of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire in the early XXth century. The author analyses the specific characteristics of official documentation on this subject and makes conclusions concerning the representative character of the existing source material on this question.