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"Evolutionary Systems Theory: Concepts and Schools in International Relations" published on by Oxford University Press.

In this article I engage with the theoretical opening provided by Barry Buzan's From International to World Society? I present an argument for five functional categories, which should be able to encompass all the institutions identified by English School scholars throughout history. Their introduction should point the way towards a sounder analytical framework for the study of what Buzan believes should be the new subject of the discipline of International Relations (IR). This subject is defined as second-order societies, meaning societies 'where the members are not individual human beings, but durable collectivities of humans possessed of identities and actor qualities that are more than the sum of their parts', and where the content of these societies, and the key object of analysis, is primary institutions. The purpose of the five functional categories is to break down this 'social whole' and provide a set of lenses through which to potentially analyse international societies throughout history.

International Relations have been and remain not only one of the basic academic disciplines, but also one of the main directions of research work at MGIMO. Doing IR is closely intertwined with theory and practice, history and current events, the desire to combine a deep knowledge of the factual material and research-based evaluation in accordance with objective laws found in international life. Training of highly qualified specialists in international relations is impossible without a fundamental knowledge base. MGIMO-University celebrating its 70th anniversary demonstrates the natural combination of teaching and research activities, exercises the unity of education, science and education. The chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia (former USSR) plays organizational and coordinating role in the development of scientific school of International relations at MGIMO. Of course, the history of the school is not confined to the work of scientists and teachers of this chair, it includes the study of various aspects of the development of international processes, which isconducted at the chairs of history and politics of Europe and America, Oriental diplomacy, and many others. Combination of historical and contemporaneous studies of international relations is the feature and one of the main strengths of the scientific. The article substantiates the idea that the emergence and development of the national segment of the science of international relations is inextricably linked to the history and contemporary mission of MGIMO University.

The Development of English School Theory: An Introduction -- Sovereignty, Law, and International Society: The Contribution of C. A. W. Manning -- Hedley Bull and the Idea of Order in International Society -- The Expansion of International Society -- Becoming a School: The Institutional Debate of the 1980s -- 'Reconvening' the English School -- Pluralism and Solidarism -- Regionalism -- Institutions and Organizations -- Using the English School to Understand Current Issues in World Politics.

AbstractThis article examines the idea of equality in the theory of international society. Contrary to the widespread contemporary notion of equality as a corollary principle to sovereignty, the central argument of the article is that equality and sovereignty can and ought to be disconnected, and that the concept of equality, when uncoupled from sovereignty, is a better point of departure when theorising international society than is, for example, non-intervention or sovereignty. An alternative approach to deal with equality of states and other entities within international society is sketched out.

The research is the first of its kind in the Bulgarian scientific literature. Reconstructing the consecutive establishment of the economic theory of the constitution in a consistent manner, it is actually a critical presentation of the basic achievements of the doctrines in this sphere.