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The article introduces the current issues of 'International Affairs,' which is devoted to Russia's current fifteen-year cooperation with ASEAN alliance of nations in Southeast Asia. The issue anticipates the Second Russia-ASEAN Summit, which will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on October 30, 2011. K. Cargill

The article considers social and economic tasks that Russia faces in the context of the present-time global transformation. The key technological, economic, and social trends, which determine the contours of the post-crisis world, are analyzed. The long-term agenda of the country's development aimed at securing a new quality of economic growth is proposed.

The paper deals with Russian economic development and economic policy in2015-2016. The analysis is focused on external and domestic challenges as well as on anti-crisis policy of the Russian government. Special attention is paid to key elements of a new model of economic growth in Russia. The paper discusses priorities of economic policy of sustainable growth including: budget efficiency, structural reforms and import substitution, stimulation of entrepreneurship, efficiency of public administration, modernization of welfare state.

The paper deals with the challenges and tasks of Russian social and economic policy for 2018—2024. Based on the analysis of global and national trends and conditions for years to come the author discusses the trajectory of economic, social, and technological break-through. Sustainable growth of well-being and competitiveness of individuals and the society as a whole and the state are the key elements of the Strategy of social and economic development of Russia.

"The term 'tandem' was used to describe the Putin-Medvedev combination which ruled Russia from 2008 to 2012, when Medvedev was president and Putin prime minister. Many people saw Putin as the real wielder of power, with Medvedev as his puppet. Other people, however, saw Medvedev as a visionary, someone who envisioned large scale schemes - even though these schemes have not yet come to fruition. At the same time, many in the West regarded Medvedev favourably, and gave him credit for raising expectations among both the elite and the middle classes in Russia in such a way as to make it difficult for the Russian state to return to its old ways. This book presents a comprehensive survey of the Medvedev presidency, covering all areas including politics, the economy, international relations and social developments. The author concludes that it is still too early to assess Medvedev's achievements definitively"--