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Der Beitrag informiert über die Ergebnisse einiger theoretischer Arbeiten zu grundlegenden Aspekten der Globalisierung und gibt auf dieser Basis eine Einschätzung der zukünftigen Kräfteverschiebungen im Bereich der internationalen Beziehungen. Verschiedene Entwicklungsmodelle werden skizziert. Abschließend wird die Rolle der USA im Globalisierungsprozeß und ihre zukünftige Stellung im Bereich der internationalen Beziehungen analysiert. (BIOst-Mrk)

At the turn of the century, the rogue state concept has become an integral part of the theory of international relations. However, even contemporary approaches lack the appropriate academic tools to reach a comprehensive understanding of the international community's role in determining the normative frameworks of the proper behavior of the states as the main actors of international system, leaving the relations between global community and the rogues almost an uncharted territory on the international stage. The article considers the category of rogue states as "excluded" members of the international community through the sociological lens of "stigma" (E. Goffman) and "labelling theory" (H. Becker and E. Lemert). Engaging an empirical case of Iraqi foreign policy during and after the Gulf War 1991, the author demonstrates two thresholds of the labelling state as the rogue: public initiation of the offender and self-fulfilling prophecy. It is possible to define some specific features of the outsider's behavior on the international stage: the high level of cooperation among the representatives of the same category, "unsustainable bravado" as the set of fluid and inconsistent actions of the rogue state in foreign policy, finally, the tendency toward obtaining the "secondary gains". Contrariwise, global community tends to pay greater attention to rogue states and exercise some discrimination practices on the ground of their outcast position in the world normative structure with the category of "wise" actors, for example China, being an exception from the common mainstream and maintaining close cooperation ties with rogues.

Der Beitrag enthält die Zusammenfassung einer Diskussion, die am 21. Juni 1999 im Institut für USA- und Kanadastudien (ISKRAN) der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Moskau stattfand und die russisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen vor dem Hintergrund des Kriegs in Jugoslawien zum Thema hatte. Dabei werden auch die Auswirkungen dieses Konflikts auf die gegenwärtige Struktur der internationalen Beziehungen insgesamt (Stichwort: Unipolarität vs. Multipolarität) diskutiert. (BIOst-Mrk)

Mit ihrem Verhalten in der Kosovo-Krise haben die USA nach Meinung des Verfassers demonstriert, daß sie nunmehr über eine singuläre Führungsposition in den internationalen Beziehungen zu verfügen glauben, die sie jederzeit mit Gewalt zu verteidigen bereit sind. Die "Nato-Aggression" gegen Jugoslawien wird als Absage an die bisherige Verpflichtung, Konflikte grundsätzlich politisch und diplomatisch zu lösen, gewertet. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden Überlegungen zum zukünftigen Verhältnis Rußlands zu den USA angestellt, wobei vor der Illusion partnerschaftlicher Beziehungen gewarnt wird. In diesem Zusammenhang wird angeregt, die Beziehungen zur EU und insbesondere zu Deutschland stärker zu akzentuieren. (BIOst-Mrk)

Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über den gegenwärtigen Stand der internationalen Beziehungen des russischen Föderationsrats zu internationalen parlamentarischen Organisationen. Die Zusammenarbeit mit der Interparlamentarischen Union und dem Europäischen Parlament stehen im Zentrum der Darstellung. (BIOst-Mrk)

This article is devoted to English historian F.S. Northedge (1918-1985) and his role in the development conception of international society and English School of International relations in 1960-1980.

This school consists of small group of scientists and diplomats, who were well educated in elite British universities like Cambridge and Oxford. They were acquainted with each other personally. British Committee for the Theory of International Politics in 1960-1970 was the center for the study of International Society. Such composition of the school demonstrated aristocratic character of the International relations study as intellectual pursuit in United Kingdom. Meanwhile, such people like Charles Manning, Fred Northedge, Edward Carr and some other famous people, who usually were English School members, did not taken part in the British Committee due to different reasons.

Thus, F.S. Northedge was untypical participant of English school and his scientific heritage need to be studied. Key factors of his biography and his views on International Policy are studies in the article. "Diplomatic style", "System of the state" and "International society" were the central concepts in his works. He met with these ideas in the London School of economy, where Charles Manning, Martin Wight and Headley Bull – founders of English School - had worked at International relations chair in different time. The analysis of these categories let make conclusion that F. Northedge agreed with main ideas of English School of International relations. But at the same time he understood them very originally. His system of the views demonstrated that British Committee for the Theory of International Politics, but not London School of economy, was the main center for the development conception of International Society in 1960-1980.