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As in previous years, global growth disappointed in 2014, but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly divergent prospects in major economies and developing countries. Looking ahead, growth is expected to rise slowly, supported by continued recovery in highincomecountries, low oil prices, and receding domestic headwinds in developing economies. However, continued weak global trade growth and gradually tightening financial conditions will constrain the recovery. Risks to the outlook remain tilted to the downside.In addition to discussing global and regional economic developments and prospects, this edition of Global Economic Prospects includes four essays that analyze key challenges and opportunities currently confronting developing countries: fiscal policy as a countercyclical policy tool; causes and implications of cheap oil; weak trade that fails to act as an engine of growth; and remittances as a means of steadying consumptionduring sudden stops.Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report. On a semiannual basis (January and June), it examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on developing countries. The report includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced bydeveloping countries through in-depth research in the January edition and shorter analytical pieces in the June edition.

"Rozman shows how East Asia's international relations can be best understood through the lens of triangles, analyzing relations between the key nations through a series of trilateral relationships. He argues that triangles present a convincing answer to the question of whether we are entering a new era of bipolarity like the Cold War, or an age of multipolarity. Triangulation emerged as a dynamic in East Asia in the aftermath of the Cold War, but has been accelerated in the wake of the Xi and Trump administrations. Even as Sino-US competition and confrontation deepens, triangles have a substantial presence. East Asian triangles share an unusual mixture of three distinct elements: deep-seated security distrust; extraordinary economic interdependence; and a combustible composition of historical resentments and civilizational confidence. The combination of the three makes the case for triangularity more compelling, Rozman argues. The legacy of communism, the pursuit of reunification on the Korean Peninsula, and moves to expand beyond the US-Japan alliance have all driven the way triangles have evolved. Rozman evaluates each key triangle of states in turn and assesses how the relationship impacts the region more widely. An essential framework for understanding the current state and trajectory of East Asian International relations, for students and policy-makers"--

The paper reports the 9th Polish Conference on International Relations: 2017 – a Year of a Change organized by the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń on June 2, 2017. It presents not only the scope and process of this years' conference but also briefly describes the idea of annual meetings of young Polish scholars interested in widely understood international relations. The conference report presents accompanying events of the conference, which gave its ninth edition unique atmosphere. It also points out the way this years' conference contributed to the unification of the community of students and PhD students in Poland who are researching a variety of subjects related to international relations.

THIS ARTICLE SETS FORTH THE CHALLENGES WHICH WILL CONFRONT THE NEXT AMERICAN PRESIDENT. THE UNITED STATES FACES FORMIDABLE COMPETITIVE CHALLENGES FROM ABROAD, IS BURDENED BY MASSIVE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN DEBT, DEPENDS HEAVILY ON INFLOWS OF FOREIGN CAPITAL, AND FINDS ATTAINMENT OF IMPORTANT DOMESTIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY OBJECTIVES THREATENED BY UNPRECEDENTED FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS. COMMITMENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD EXCEED AVAILABLE RESOURCES, AND AMERICA'S ABILITY TO RE-ORDER ITS FOREIGN COMMITMENTS IS LIMITED BY THE PERSISTENCE OF DANGEROUS INTERNATIONAL SITUATIONS AND BY DIFFICULTY IN TRANSFERRING RESPONSIBILITY TO ALLIES. THE NEXT PRESIDENT'S MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE WILL NOT COME FROM MOSCOW BUT FROM A CONFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES. MEETING THIS LEGACY OF FINANCIAL DISARRAY MUST BE HIS FIRST PRIORITY.

The article describes the process of formation and development of the Department of Sociology of International Relations, Faculty of Sociology, Moscow State University named by M.V. Lomonosov. The main personnel of the department and their scientific interests are characterized. The content of educational and scientific work is disclosed. Formulated the main problems and outlined the prospects for the development of the department.