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Research on social processes in the production of scientific output suggests that the collective research agenda of a discipline is influenced by its structural features, such as "invisible colleges" or "groups of collaborators" as well as academic "stars" that are embedded in, or connect, these research groups. Based on an encompassing dataset that takes into account multiple publication types including journals and chapters in edited volumes, we analyze the complete co-authorship network of all 1,339 researchers in German political science. Through the use of consensus graph clustering techniques and descriptive centrality measures, we identify the ten largest research clusters, their research topics, and the most central researchers who act as bridges and connect these clusters. We also aggregate the findings at the level of research organizations and consider the inter-university co-authorship network. The findings indicate that German political science is structured by multiple overlapping research clusters with a dominance of the subfields of international relations, comparative politics and political sociology. A small set of well-connected universities takes leading roles in these informal research groups.

The author, parting from the premise that the world political analysts failed to foresee some prominent political changes of the recent times, comes to the conclusion about the inadequacy of the existing methods of political analysis and forecasting. Some recent scientifi c works by Russian and foreign specialists made him think that a purely rationalist approach to the world studies, that has been used since the times of the Renascence, partly exhausted itself. Along with the Russian authors Baranovski and Bogaturov, the Author thinks, that from now on our political analysis should be enriched by the introduction of some elements of a so called "natural – chaotic essence", which infl uences the world events through the element of "happening". The core of such an approach could include: 1) the recognition of a partial inadequacy of purely rationalist methods in our assessment of human nature and social phenomena; 2) the transference of the center of gravity in our social studies from economic to national-ethnic, culturological and civilizational aspects; 3) a wider use of historic analogies in the studies of all the problems of modern international relations. A linear character of our political forecasting will most evidently suffer because of that. Nevertheless, it would contribute to the elaboration of a more stereoscopic, complex view on the international relations as a whole and, particularly, on such problems as terrorism, illegal migration, separatism, and so on. The Author agrees with the thesis of some Occidental analysts (Bernard Yak, e.g.) that we should learn to "dutifully live" with certain irrational phenomena of political life (e.g. – nationalism), by purposely searching for and the accentuation of their "brighter" sides in the detriment of "dark" ones. The main prerequisite of such an accentuation, according to the Author, should be a wider use of education and culture. Culture, as a "positive" irrational actor (in all its demonstrations, including the political culture) should be seen as a promoter of a more active information strategy of Russia in the world arena. A shift for such a strategy is utterly necessary because a continuation of a "defensive" policy in this sphere can lead to signifi cant losses. ; В статье на основе анализа попыток предвидения глобальных политических сдвигов последних лет, делается вывод о несоответствии существующих методов политического анализа и прогнозирования складывающимся в мире реальностям. Изучение последних работ некоторых российских и зарубежных аналитиков утвердило автора в мысли о том, что сугубо рационалистический подход к постижению политической реальности, господствовавший со времен эпохи Возрождения, в значительной степени исчерпал себя. Вслед за российскими авторами В.Г. Барановским и А.Д. Богатуровым, он считает, что этот подход должен быть дополнен учетом элементов иррационального «природно- стихийного начала», которое воздействует на мир, используя элемент случайности. Суть такого подхода должна, по мнению автора, заключаться: 1) в признании нами недостаточности попыток сугубо рационального осмысления природы человека и его поведения в социальных средах; 2) в переносе центра тяжести в изучении наук о человеке с экономических на национально-этнические, культурологические и цивилизационные аспекты; 3) в более широком применении метода исторических аналогий для изучения всего комплекса проблем международных отношений. Линейный характер нашего прогнозирования в таком случае, скорее всего, пострадает. Однако это пойдет на пользу выработке стереоскопичного и комплексного представления о современном мире, которое столь необходимо в условиях роста общей непредсказуемости мировой политики и «неожиданного» для всех обострения таких глобальных проблем, как терроризм, незаконная миграция, сепаратизм и пр. Автор соглашается с мыслями некоторых западных ученых (Б. Як), которые одновременно призывают к необходимости научиться «правильно жить» с отдельными иррациональными проявлениями политической жизни (например, национализмом), путем поиска и акцентирования их «светлых» сторон и нивелирования «темных». Главным же резервом борьбы с проявлениями «темной» стороны иррационального начала в политике он считает более активное подключение к ней образования и культуры. Культура, как иррациональное начало со знаком «плюс» (включая и политическую культуру) должна, по его мнению, лежать в основе более активной и наступательной информационной стратегии России на международной арене. Переход к такой политике, по его мнению, сейчас является необходимым, поскольку «оборончество» в информационной сфере далее недопустимо.

Re-thinking China's influence across surrounding jurisdictions : a concentric centre-periphery framework / Brian C.H. Fong -- More than sharp power : Chinese influence operations in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and beyond / Wu Jieh-min -- China's assimilation of peripheries in former Qing imperial frontiers : a comparative-historical perspective / Hung Ho-fung -- Peripheral nationalisms of Taiwan and Hong Kong under China's influence : a comparative-nationalism perspective / Wu Rwei-ren -- China's empire-building across peripheries : a comparative-imperialism perspective / Kwong Kin-ming -- China's influence on Hong Kong's elections : evidence from Legislative Council elections / Ma Ngok -- China's influence on Hong Kong's economy : lessons from mainlander tourism / Jackson Yeh -- China's influence on Hong Kong's media : subduing press freedom / Chan Chi Kit -- China's influence on Hong Kong's entertainment industry : lessons from film production / Klavier Wang -- China's influence on Hong Kong's religions : inter-religious comparison / Ying-ho Kwong -- China's influence on Taiwan's elections : the impact of the "1992 Consensus" on presidential elections / Wu Jieh-min and Liao Mei -- China's influence on Taiwan's economy : the economic statecraft of mainlander tourism / Tsai Hung-Jeng -- China's influence on Taiwan's media : A model of transnational diffusion of Chinese censorship / Huang Jaw-nian -- China's influence on Taiwan's entertainment industry : the Chinese state, entertainment capital, and netizens in the witch-hunt for "Taiwan independence suspects" / Liao Mei -- China's influence on Taiwan's religions : Mazu belief across the strait / Ku Ming-chun and Hong Ying-fa -- China's influence in Southeast Asia : no easy answers / Ian Chong -- China's influence in South Asia : under the shadow of the Sino-Indian relationship / Chietigj Bajpaee -- China's influence in Central Asia : Sinophobia and the wave of anti-China protests / Jun Kumakura -- China's influence in Australia and New Zealand : making the democratic world safe for dictatorship / Kevin Carrico and Feng Chongyi -- China's influence and the pushback : tentative conclusions beyond Hong Kong and Taiwan / Andrew J. Nathan -- The place of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the Asia policies of the Trump administration / Richard C. Bush.

For all the talk and all the public curiosity about the relations between business and politics, there is a remarkable dearth of studies on the subject. Whatiswritten is more likely to come from the pen of a sociologist, an historian, a lawyer, or an economist than from a political scientist. One would suppose that the role of business, particularly big business, in the political system would be a matter of central concern to political scientists. And so it may be. But those who write about it are men like Adolph Berle, a lawyer, C. Wright Mills, a sociologist, and Robert Brady, an economist; nor can political scientists legitimately lay claim to Peter Drucker, whose professional training and interests in business antedated his academic position as a teacher of political science.