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In the article the authors analyze the change of French principles of participation in international conflicts after the new edition of White Book in 2013. Each White Book presents the aims and perspectives of the French defense policy development. The first one was published in 1972 during the Cold War and the next one in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union when the major role in conflicts resolution was taken by UNO. The 21st century brings new challenges and threats as well as new methods of conflicts resolution taking into account their new nature and development. In the article we analyze new principles of conflicts resolution elaborated by Francois Holland, the book was published in 2013. The core principles of the previous Book (elaborated by N. Sarkozy) included the activation of the French role on the world arena and reduction of the military forces. But now taking into account that the majority of crises are international and involve different parties and countries, France focuses on collaboration with the other countries especially with the members of NATO. As an example the authors investigate policy of the French government in the operations in Mali and Libya where France plays the leading role. Both conflicts are not resolved and are going to become permanent. So, as it takes more forces and expenses, the French government tries to bring in more countries-allies to settle the issue.

The problem of the application of punishment to realization political goals in international relations is considered. The author characterizes the social institution of punishment, indicates its place and role in the structure of social relations. The political and legal component of punishment is analyzed in the context of unilateral sanctions of some sovereign states against others. The main forms and content of the influence of political goals on the institution of international legal sanctionspunishments are determined. The author's vision of such specific phenomena as "self-punishment" and "political engagement" is substantiated. An algorithm for identifying the political bias of decisions on the imposition of international legal penalties, as well as possible ways to develop an adequate response to them from the "punished" subjects (target states) is formulated. The empirical base of the study includes materials on the application of punishments by individual and collective subjects of international relations against the Russian Federation, including the geopolitical consequences of the relevant sanctions decisions.

В статье рассматриваются основные подходы к осуществлению государственной политики в области регулирования социальных отношений в полиэтнических государствах. Отмечено, что в политической практике применяются две стратегии управления этническим многообразием: «растворение» этнических меньшинств среди доминирующего этнического большинства и создание «этнических» регионов со специальным правовым статусом.
Проведен анализ структуры административно-территориального устройства Китайской Народной Республики, рассмотрена сущность, структура и особенность института региональной автономии, а также его роль в качестве инструмента реализации национальной этнической политики страны.
На основе методов контент-анализа, синтеза, сравнения и структурно-функционального анализа сделаны выводы об уникальности модели административно-территориального устройства КНР, выявлена взаимосвязь между этническим джерримандерингом и социально-политическим курсом центрального правительства.

The paper considers one of the measures proposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to deregulate domestic gas market: abolition of lower boundary of gas prices for wholesale buyers, where two conditions inherent in gas market still remain: vertical structure of monopolist and the one export channel for pipeline gas. The author analyses the impact of proposed reforms on independent Russian gas companies competitiveness. The purpose is to provide domestic gas market reformation qualitative analysis and quantitative assessment of independent gas producers impact. As a result, the most likely implications of reforms are theoretically determined and quantitative assessment of their impact on the independent producer is provided.

Along with traditional methods of providing information through mass media (periodicals, television and radio), digital sources are also widely used in the modern world, which, although not officially registered mass media, play no less a role in shaping public opinion. The emergence of personal blogs, «live magazines», Internet sites and social networks opened a new platform and provided new opportunities. There are actors of various sizes, from presidents of major States to Housewives, from businessmen to human rights activists. Foreign policy is one of the most popular topics.

The article looks into the reasons underlying the outspread of the full-scale mechanism of banking regulation over U. S. investment banks. We analyze the effect of the Basel III standards on stress-resilience of investment banks and examine the role of U. S. investment banks in ensuring financial stability. Based on regression analysis we found that minimum capital adequacy standards of Basel III do not have negative effect on ROE of the U. S. investment banks that are G-SIB category-designate; however, additional capital requirements (Higher Loss Absorbency (HLA) surcharge) that depend on G-SIB's systemic significance according to their bucket as per Financial Stability Board classification do have significant and negative effect on ROE in the post crisis period. Besides, leverage requirements that also depend on G-SIB's systemic significance have a statistically significant effect on ROE.

The IV Russian International Conference on Cryo-Electron Microscopy (RICCEM-2023) was held at the Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University in a hybrid (offline and online) format and brought together more than 250 researchers from 10 countries. Following the conference, a special issue of the journal "Lomonosov Biology Journal" ("Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seria 16. Biologia") was published. This article briefly summarizes the main results of the conference and the content of the works published in the special issue.

The paper addresses the results of the First International Conference "The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Financial Regulation: Challenges and Perspectives", which was organised jointly by Moscow State University Faculty of Economics and the Eurasian Economic Commission (October 13-14, 2016). The conference was designed as a discussion platform for experts from EAEU states, for representatives of academic and business communities, and for national and supernational regulatory authorities. Participants discussed the future of harmonised financial legislation and regulation, of perspectives for supernational regulation of financial markets within EAEU; of basic financial market segments and their regulation, and of key infrastructural and institutional issues of EAEU financial integration.

The article analyzes the processes of regional construction and their specific features in the Baltic Sea region. The article provides insights into main approaches to defining the notion of the Baltic Sea Region, its geography, rationales and preconditions of the Baltic Sea Region construction. The author makes conclusion that currently the construction process is being continued, and it involves a wide range of actors: NGOs, local and regional authorities, scientific organizations, higher education institutions, business structures, international organizations. All these actors use different tools and act in different spheres. Although there is no clear answer to the question "Who and how constructs the Baltic Sea Region?", it is concluded that the cooperation played a significant role in this process, for example, by determining the geography of the region and creating communication networks. Projects, in turn, become a widespread form of cooperation which are used by large Baltic interregional organizations, such as the Northern Dimension, Interregional programmes, the Council of the Baltic Sea States. International project activity of the described above actors, being the point of pooled resources application and also narratives on the regional issues, became one of the mechanisms of the region construction. The article proves that a wide variety of projects in various fields with the participation of different actors creates a picture of the Baltic Sea region building some of its features and providing common identity and responsibility ideas. (author's abstract)

The article addresses the results of the VII Annual International Scientific Conference "Innovative development of Russian economy: interdisciplinary interaction". The aim of the conference was to discuss the opportunities of interdisciplinary interaction in relation to the innovative development of the Russian economy.

The article focuses upon the problem of political affiliation in corporate governance. It aims to provide insights into theoretical and methodological aspects of the problem applied to the Russian corporate environment. The author evaluates the academic relevance of the problem in international studies, reviews the underpinning fundamental theories, provides an insight into the construct of political affiliation through the lens of corporate governance, outlines the methodology used in the studies of political affiliation to eventually assess the relevance of the problem to the Russian corporate environment.

Арабо-израильский конфликт был и остается актуальным, втягивая в свою орбиту большое количество косвенных участников и угрожая безопасности всего региона, т.к. на современном этапе происходит эскалация конфликта. Понимание сути современных процессов невозможно без тщательного изучения истории и предпосылок конфликта, что определяет актуальность предпринятого исследования. В статье проанализирована деятельность международных и региональных организаций по деэскалации арабо-израильского конфликта, а также операции по поддержанию мира. Дана оценка ближневосточному квартету, охарактеризован план мирного урегулирования, известный как «Сделка века», а также указаны причины отказа Палестины и ряда других стран от данного плана. На основе изложенного выше выявлена роль международных и региональных организаций, участвующих в урегулировании рассматриваемого вооруженного конфликта на Ближнем Востоке.

The paper determines the vector of influence of the "shale revolution" on international energy markets based on the analysis of volume and price dynamics of world oil and gas markets, as well as energy trade in the United States. The study contains a multilateral assessment of trends emerging from the development of shale technologies. Using regression models, the authors trace a statistically significant impact of the "shale revolution" on the price dynamics of the global energy market. Panel data analysis for the period from 2010 to 2019 shows a direct dependence between the decline in energy imports in the United States and global oil and gas prices, and the inverse dependence between the increase in exports from the United States and prices of oil (Brent) and European gas (NBP). Due to active use and continuous improvement of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques in the second decade of the twenty-first century the USA is decreasing its energy import dependency and transforming into a net exporter of hydrocarbons. It results in the supply disbalance on global energy markets. The ongoing changes in the US oil and gas production are leading to the transformation of geopolitical situation on world energy markets. If a decade ago, the US strategy was aimed at guaranteeing stable energy supplies, now it is the capture of markets and crowding out competitors by all possible means.

Цель статьи – исследование существующих моделей сертификации по латинскому языку. Для этого были выбраны три наиболее известные системы тестирования: американская National Latin Exam (NLE), европейская European Latin Exam (ELEX), проводимая ассоциацией Euroclassica, и European Latin Linguistic Assessment (EULALIA), организатором которой является Университет Болоньи в рамках программы Европейского союза Erasmus+. Актуальность исследования связана c отсутствием в настоящие время общей системы сертификации по латинскому языку для русскоязычных обучающихся и с вопросом о целесообразности и эффективности языковой сертификации применительно к классическим мертвым языкам. В статье проанализированы и сопоставлены история создания экзаменов, их философия, формат проведения, цели, задачи и содержание. Новизна работы заключается в системном сравнительном исследовании международных экзаменов как нового этапа в истории классического образования. В результате исследования была выстроена история возникновения и развития тестирования по латинскому языку. Выяснилось, что существующие экзамены имеют общую тенденцию – заимствование моделей оценки владения живыми языками для классического языка. Такой подход может быть реализован лишь отчасти, так как латинский язык имеет свой уникальный набор ключевых компетенций, необходимых для освоения. Международная сертификация по латинскому языку – это движение, которое всесторонне влияет на подходы к преподаванию латинского языка.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the existing models of Latin certification. For this purpose, three currently known testing systems were chosen: the American National Latin Exam (NLE), the European Latin Exam (ELEX) conducted by the European Association Euroclassica and the European Latin Linguistic Assessment (EULALIA), which was organized by the University of Bologna within the framework of the European Union Erasmus+ programme. The relevance of the research is due to the lack of a common certification system in Latin for Russian-speaking learners and due to the question of the expediency and effectiveness of language certification in relation to classical dead languages. The article analyses and compares the history of the creation of the examinations, their philosophy, format, goals, objectives and content. The novelty lies in the systematic comparative study of international examinations as a stage in the history of classical education. As a result of the study, the history of the emergence and development of Latin language testing has been constructed. It turned out that the existing examinations have a common tendency: borrowing models of assessment of proficiency in living languages for the classical language. This approach can only be partially realized as Latin has its own unique set of core competencies to master. International Latin language certification is a movement that is comprehensively influencing approaches to Latin language teaching.