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The article aims to identify and analyze the underlying dynamics of military-technical cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China – an important topic due to both states' roles as great powers and potential challengers to the Western-led liberal international order. The author identifies the main political, military and economic drivers of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation. By introducing the context of contemporary global trends that shape the defense-industrial landscape, the text addresses the question of the continued relevance of this particular relationship. Finally, the author offers some foundations for forecasting the future trajectory of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation. ; The article aims to identify and analyze the underlying dynamics of military-technical cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China – an important topic due to both states' roles as great powers and potential challengers to the Western-led liberal international order. The author identifies the main political, military and economic drivers of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation. By introducing the context of contemporary global trends that shape the defense-industrial landscape, the text addresses the question of the continued relevance of this particular relationship. Finally, the author offers some foundations for forecasting the future trajectory of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation.

The article aims to identify and analyze the underlying dynamics of military-technical cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China – an important topic due to both states' roles as great powers and potential challengers to the Western-led liberal international order. The author identifies the main political, military and economic drivers of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation. By introducing the context of contemporary global trends that shape the defense-industrial landscape, the text addresses the question of the continued relevance of this particular relationship. Finally, the author offers some foundations for forecasting the future trajectory of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation. ; The article aims to identify and analyze the underlying dynamics of military-technical cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China – an important topic due to both states' roles as great powers and potential challengers to the Western-led liberal international order. The author identifies the main political, military and economic drivers of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation. By introducing the context of contemporary global trends that shape the defense-industrial landscape, the text addresses the question of the continued relevance of this particular relationship. Finally, the author offers some foundations for forecasting the future trajectory of Sino-Russian military-technical cooperation.

The paper addresses the issue of depopulation in Russia, especially the ethnic aspect of this process considering the regional approach. Two essential aspects of depopulation were discussed i.e., the quantitative aspect resulting from the rate of natural increase or decrease and migration, as well as the qualitative aspect exerting impact on changes in the number of ethnic groups, namely the shift in ethnic self-identification. The analysis was conducted for the period of 1989–2010 (the last census in the USSR and the last census conducted in the Russian Federation). Population change in Russia has acquired a specific meaning in regional terms, leading to significant quantitative and structural transformation. On the one hand, there is a depopulation of native Russian regions and ethnic structured regions dominated by the Russians (or more broadly by the Slavs), and on the other, demographic expansion of non- Slavic ethnic groups, especially of North Caucasus. Changing the mutual relations between ethnic groups may cause tension or escalation of ethnic conflicts.

Niniejszy artykuł stanowi kolejną odsłonę przygotowywanego od dwóch lat przeglądu artykułów publikowanych w wybranych polskich czasopismach naukowych poświęconych tematyce bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego. W odniesieniu do roku 2016 autor dokonał (siłą rzeczy) subiektywnego wyboru tekstów, które znalazły się na łamach czterech publikacji – "Bellony", "Rocznika Bezpieczeństwa Międzynarodowego", "Rocznika Strategicznego" oraz "Stosunków Międzynarodowych". W naturalny sposób tematyka podejmowana przez autorów rzeczonych publikacji stanowi odzwierciedlenie obecnego stanu międzynarodowego środowiska bezpieczeństwa oraz prognoz co do kierunków jego dalszej ewolucji.

Celem artykułu jest analiza stanu międzynarodowego środowiska bezpieczeństwa regionu Azji Wschodniej oraz zasadniczych kierunków jego ewolucji w roku 2016. Autor identyfikuje kluczowe trendy długoterminowe kształtujące regionalny ład bezpieczeństwa omawianego obszaru. Umożliwia to określenie ,,stanu wyjściowego" regionu na początku analizowanego okresu, a także określenie swoistego ,,tła strategicznego", w odniesieniu do którego należy rozpatrywać bieżące wydarzenia. Następnie przedstawiono kluczowe wydarzenia z obszaru bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego, które zaszły w Azji Wschodniej w trakcie 2016 r. (oraz w pierwszych miesiącach 2017) oraz ukazano je w nakreślonym kontekście strategicznym. Pozwala to na sformułowanie wstępnej oceny co do wpływu pojedynczych wydarzeń na międzynarodowe środowisko bezpieczeństwa regionu (stabilizujące, destabilizujące lub neutralne). W ostatnim etapie, na bazie dotychczasowych rozważań podjęto próbę prognozy dalszej ewolucji sytuacji bezpieczeństwa w Azji Wschodniej w perspektywie kolejnych 12-18 miesięcy.

This paper aims to analyse the military-industrial aspects of Turkish defence policy. A so-phisticated and profitable defence industry is a useful tool for a state's foreign and security policy. It not only supplies the armed forces with the necessary weapons and military equipment, but can also bring political influence on the international arena through arms transfers and military-industrial cooperation. These realities are not lost on Turkish decision makers. That is why they have made the nurturing of an indigenous defence-industrial base a distinct state policy. In this paper, the defence industry's functions in the framework of Turkish defence and security policy are defined, the condition and structure of Turkish defence and aerospace sector is analysed and conclusions regarding its future prospects are presented. This provides the basis for a wider analysis of the defence-industrial aspects of Turkish defence and security policy. ; Artykuł stanowi analizę aspektów wojskowo-przemysłowych tureckiej polityki obronnej. Zaawansowany i zyskowny przemysł obronny stanowi użyteczne narzędzie polityki zagranicznej i bezpieczeństwa państwa. Nie tylko zaopatruje siły zbrojne w potrzebne uzbrojenie i sprzęt wojskowy, ale może również być źródłem wpływów na arenie międzynarodowej za pośrednictwem transferów uzbrojenia i współpracy wojskowo-przemysłowej. Tureccy decydenci doskonale zdają sobie sprawę z tych uwarunkowań. Z tego też względu uczynili rozwój własnej bazy obronno-przemysłowej przedmiotem jasno zarysowanej polityki. W artykule zdefiniowano funkcje przemysłu obronnego w ramach tureckiej polityki bezpieczeństwa i obronnej. Poddano również analizie stan i strukturę sektora lotniczo-zbrojeniowego tego państwa oraz przedstawiono wnioski odnośnie perspektyw jego dalszego rozwoju. Stanowi to bazę dla szerszej analizy wojskowo-przemysłowych aspektów polityki bezpieczeństwa i obronnej Turcji.

This paper aims to analyse the military-industrial aspects of Turkish defence policy. A sophisticated and profitable defence industry is a useful tool for a state's foreign and security policy. It not only supplies the armed forces with the necessary weapons and military equipment, but can also bring political influence on the international arena through arms transfers and military-industrial cooperation. These realities are not lost on Turkish decision makers. That is why they have made the nurturing of an indigenous defence-industrial base a distinct state policy. In this paper, the defence industry's functions in the framework of Turkish defence and security policy are defined, the condition and structure of Turkish defence and aerospace sector is analysed and conclusions regarding its future prospects are presented. This provides the basis for a wider analysis of the defence-industrial aspects of Turkish defence and security policy. ; This paper aims to analyse the military-industrial aspects of Turkish defence policy. A sophisticated and profitable defence industry is a useful tool for a state's foreign and security policy. It not only supplies the armed forces with the necessary weapons and military equipment, but can also bring political influence on the international arena through arms transfers and military-industrial cooperation. These realities are not lost on Turkish decision makers. That is why they have made the nurturing of an indigenous defence-industrial base a distinct state policy. In this paper, the defence industry's functions in the framework of Turkish defence and security policy are defined, the condition and structure of Turkish defence and aerospace sector is analysed and conclusions regarding its future prospects are presented. This provides the basis for a wider analysis of the defence-industrial aspects of Turkish defence and security policy.