REPORTS 2018

I. О. ABRAMOVA, Director of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, member of the Presidium of the RAS, corresponding member of the RAS, professor of the Department of African Studies and Arab Studies of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, leading researcher of the St. Petersburg State University, Dr. Sc. (Economics). Author of more than 250 scientific publications, including 11 monographs: “The New Role of Africa in the World Economy of the 21st Century”, “Islam, Global Governance and the New World Order” (co-authored), “Arab City at the Turn of the Millennium, Emerging and Failed States in the World Economy and Politics” (co-authored), “African Migration: Experience of Systemic Analysis, African Population in the New Global Economy”, and others. Member of the editorial boards of the scientific journals Asia and Africa Today, Scientific Notes of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Conflictology, and Contours of Global Transformation.
BIG CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE: RESOURCE DEFICIT AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

A. A. AKAYEV, President of the Kyrgyz Republic (1990–2005), foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Engineering), Professor of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
YU. V. YAKOVETS, President of the Pitirim Sorokin — Nikolai Kondratiev International Institute, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Deserved Scientist of the Russian Federation. Academician of the International Global Research Academy
THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE STRATEGY OF SUSTAINABLE MULTIPOLAR WORLD ORDER’S ESTABLISHMENT BASED ON PARTNERSHIP OF CIVILIZATIONS

R. ZH. ALYAUTDINOV, Director of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
PRESENT-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS AND WAYS TO SETTLE THEM

SH. AZIZ, Prime Minister (2004–2007), Finance Minister (1999–2004) of Pakistan. Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University, doctor of Business Administration. Author of a number of scientific and publicistic works, among them: “From Banking to the Thorny World of Politics”, “Contemporary Global Challenges and National Interests”, and others. He was named “Finance Minister of the year” for 2001 by both Euromoney and The Banker magazines. Honorary Doctor of Laws at The Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi (Pakistan). Mr. Aziz was awarded Global Leadership in Islamic Finance Laureate.
CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND NATIONAL INTERESTS

E. BAĞIŞ, Minister of European Union Affairs of Turkey (2009–2013), member of the Turkish Parliament representing Istanbul (2002–2015). Author of many academic papers published in journals and numerous articles in national and foreign newspapers as an international strategic thinker and consultant. Chairman of the “Occidental Studies Centre & Western Platform” at the Istanbul Aydin University, member of the Board of Trustees at Istanbul Ticaret University.
TURKEY AND THE WORLD: NEW POLITICAL REALITIES

A. BEBLER, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), doctor of political sciences
SANKT PETERSBURG AND THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE OCTOBER 1917 REVOLUTION

P. BÜLBÜLOĞLU, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation, Dr. Sc. (Art History), Professor, Azerbaijan SSR National Artist, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Dagestan. Composer, singer, actor. Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan (1988–2006). Author of the book “Cultural Policy in Azerbaijan” (co-authored) and other publications. Professor Emeritus of A. Huseinzadeh Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, full member of the Europe-Asia International Humanitarian Academy. Awarded the Honorary Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation, the Orders of Friendship and Honor (Russia), Independence and Honor (Azerbaijan), Honor (Georgia), and received many other foreign awards.
CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE CHALLENGES OF THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD

V. A. CHERESHNEV, Chief Researcher at the Institute for Immunology and Physiology (the Urals Branch of the RAS), member of the Presidium of the Urals Branch of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Medicine), Professor. Author more than 900 scholarly publications, including 68 monographs: “Immuno-physiology”, “Alpha Fetoprotein”, “Immunologic and Genetic Factors of Reproduction Function Disturbance”, “Biological Laws and Human Viability. Method of Multi¬Functional Regeneration Biotherapy”, “Physiological and Hygienic Concept of Speleoand Co¬Treatment”, “Influence of drug addiction on social and economic development of society”, “Social and Demographic Safety of Russia”, “Demographic Policy of the Country and Health of the Nation” “Introduction to the problems of modeling and managing the dynamics of HIV infection” and others; 2 manuals for studying combined radiation damages and 1 for clinical immunology; 14 textbooks, 11 manuals, 8 methodical recommendations, 5 courses of lectures for higher educational establishments, 42 patents and 2 discoveries. President of the Russian Academic Society of Immunologists. Chief editor of the “Russian Journal of Immunology”, “Bulletin of Ural Medical Academic Science”. He is decorated with the Order of Friendship, the Order for Services to the Fatherland of the 3rd and 4th degree. He is a Laureate of the Government Award of the Russian Federation in science and technology (2006) and the award of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2012). Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.
V. N. RASTORGUEV, Professor of the Chair of Philosophy of Politics and Law at Lomonosov Moscow University, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Honorary Higher Professional Education Lecturer of the Russian Federation. Class 3 State Advisor. Author of more than 400 scholarly publications, including 26 monographs and text¬books: “Unity and continuity of consciousness”, “Conceptual research: tradition, innovation, responsibility”, “Creativity and dogmatism”, “The Nature of Self¬Identification: Russian Culture, Slavonic World and Strategy of Continuing Education”; “The World’s Wells: Russia’s Environmental Doctrine: from Plans to Pilot Projects”; “Philosophy and Methodology of Political Planning” and others. Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council of the RAS for the study and preservation of cultural and natural heritage. He is recipient of the UN Avicenna Award and Unity Award. He was awarded the Russian Federation Governmental Prize in science and technology.
HOW TO SAVE THE FUTURE AND WHAT DIFFERENTIATES UTOPIA FROM STRATEGY?

M. DELL'AMBROGIO, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation
THE CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WORLD’S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

B. DESGARDINS, General Manager of Banque “Eric Sturdza SA” (Geneva, Switzerland). Author of a variety of scientific works, including “New International Eco¬nomic Environment”, “Globalization Strategies”, “Phenomenon of the Swiss Banking System: Historical Facts and Current Trends” and other works on banking.
THE FRAGILE AND THE RESILIENT

I. D. DIMITROV, Founder and Head, Seldon information and analysis company (Moscow)
A. V. YAKOVENKO, Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Dr. Sc. (Law), Professor. Since 1976, he has held various diplomatic positions at the Central Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and abroad. Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia (2005–2011), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom (2011–2019). Author of several books on international space law, as well as more than 200 publications on international relations and foreign policy, science, education, and culture including: “2023: A New Global Financial Architecture on the Horizon?”, “The World has Entered a Phase of Searching for a New Balance of Development”, “The Realities of the New World Order”, “25 Trends in Contemporary International Relations and Global Development”, and others. Member of the Scientific Council of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the collegium of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, member of the Space Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences, full member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL, Paris), International Academy of Astronautics (IAA, Paris). Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of Honor, Order of Friendship, Medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland I and II degrees, Diplomas of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.
THE DIGITAL WORLD: THE CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE

P. DUTKIEWICZ, Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Center for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada
KEY CONTRADICTIONS OF THE WORLD SYSTEM

L. L. FITUNI , Deputy Director of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, Head of the Center for Global and Strategic Studies of the Institute, corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor. Member of the scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 280 scientific publications, including: “Islam, Global Governance and the New World Order” (co-authored), “Africa and Russia’s National Interests” (co-authored), “Africa: Resource Wars of the 21st Century”, “The Economics of International Terrorism”, “International Capital Flows in a Globalized World, Financial Monitoring” (textbook), “Shadow Circulation and Capital Flight”, “Will We Overcome Hunger? Key Problem of the Developing Countries”, etc. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Scientific Notes of the Institute for African Studies and of the Global and Strategic Studies series. Member of the editorial boards of the journals Asia and Africa Today, Journal of Financial Crime, Journal of Money Laundering Control, etc. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Fund’s Expert Council on Global Issues and International Relations. President of the Moscow Independent Documentation Center for Freedom, Democracy and the Rule of Law.
CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES: SCIENCE AND CULTURE BETWEEN THE JUST WORLD ORDER AND THE “ICE WAR”

S. YU. GLAZYEV, Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Academician of the RAS, Head of the Department of Theory and Methodology of State and Municipal Management at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor. Author of more than 300 scientific publications, including books: “The Theory of Long-Term Techno-Economic Development”, “Strategy of Advanced Development of Russia in the Global Crisis”, “Lessons of Yet Another Russian Revolution: Liberal Utopia Collapse and the Chance for an ‘Economic Miracle’”, “The Ukrainian Disaster. From American Aggression to World War?”, “The Future Economy”, “The Last World War. The U.S. Starts and Loses”, “The Battle for Leadership in the 21st Century. Russia – U.S. – China. Seven Options for a Foreseeable Future”, “The Leap to the Future: Russia in New Technological and World Economic Patterns”, “Beyond the Horizon of the End of History”, and others. Deputy of the State Duma of the first, third and fourth convocations. Awarded the Order of Friendship, the Medal “In Memory of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, the Medal of the Security Council of the Russian Federation for Merits in Ensuring National Security, the Jubilee Medal of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, a Commendation from the President of the Russian Federation.
THE CONTOURS OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY’S FUTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WORLD CRISIS

AN. А. GROMYKO, corresponding member of the RAS
AL. A. GROMYKO, Director of the Institute of Europe of the RAS, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Political Studies), Professor of the RAS. Author of more than 250 scientific publications, including monographs: “Political Reformism in Britain. 1970–1990s”, “Modernization of the British Party System”, “Images of Russia and Britain: Reality and Prejudice”, “Building Good Neighbor Relationship. Russia in the Space of Europe” (co-authored), “Better Ten Years of Negotiations Than One Day of War. Memories of Andrey Andreyevich Gromyko” (author and compiler), “Europe in the 21st Century: New Challenges and Risks” (editor and co-author), “Concerning Topical Issues. Europe and the Modern World”, etc. Editor-in-Chief of “Contemporary Europe” journal, Editor-in-Chief of “Social Sciences and Modernity” journal. President of the Association of European Studies of Russia. Chairman of A. A. Gromyko Association for Foreign Policy Studies. Member of the bureau of the Department of Global Problems and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Member of the Scientific Council under the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian International Affairs Council. Head of the Department of History and Theory of International Relations at N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod. Honorary Doctor of Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” (Bulgaria), and Voronezh State University. Recipient of the Prize of the Foundation for the Promotion of National Science (2004, 2006).
THE PILLARS OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER

A. A. GUSEINOV, Director of the Institute of Philosophy of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Professor. Author of more than 500 scientific publications, including books: “Ethics and Culture”, “Philosophy – Thought and Action”, “Antique Ethics”, “The Golden Rule of Morality”, “Great Prophets and Thinkers. Moral Teachings from Moses to Our Days”, “Culturalism by Dmitry Likhachov” (co-authored), etc. Editor-in-Chief of the journals “Ethical Thought”, “Social Sciences”, member of the editorial boards of the journals “Bulletin of the RAN”, “Philosophical Journal”, “Issues of Philosophy”, and “Philosophical Sciences”. Vice-President of the Russian Philosophical Society. Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in Science and Technology. Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.
THE NOTION OF CULTURE IN THE MEANING OF MARX’S ELEVENTH FEUERBACH THESIS

M. S. GUSMAN, first Deputy Director General of TASS Russian News Agency, Professor, Merited Man of Culture of the Russian Federation
THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS

G. A. HAJIYEV, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, Dr. Sc. (Law), Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 270 scientific works, including monographs and textbooks: “The Protection of Basic Economic Rights and Freedoms of Entrepreneurs Abroad and in the Russian Federation: the Experience of Comparative Analysis”, “Entre-preneur – Taxpayer – State: Legal Positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation”, “Constitutional Principles of Market Economy”, “Constitutional Economics”, “Ontology of Law (Critical Study of Legal Concept of Reality)”, “Russian Judicial Power: the Modernity and Prospects” (co-authored), “Law and Economics (Methodology)” and others. Member of editorial boards of 12 scientific journals. Member of the Presidential Council for the Codification and Improvement of Civil Legislation. Awarded a Diploma of Merit of the President of the Russian Federation. Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.
ABOUT THE ARGUMENT “THE WORLD IS TIRED OF PEACE” – THE OPTIMISTIC POINT OF VIEW

M. HARPUTLU, Governer of Alanya, Doctor of political science
THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR IN SYRIA TO THE TURKEY’S SOCIAL AND LABOUR RELATIONS AND SECURITY

V. INGIMUNDARSON, Professor of Contemporary History of the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Iceland (Reykjavik), Ph.D
ARCTIC GOVERNANCE IN AN AGE OF GEOPOLITICAL ANXIETY

G. B. KLEINER, Deputy Director of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chair of the System Analysis in Economics at the University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation, scientific adviser of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Dubna University, corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor
“CONSENT OF DISSENTERS”: THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN PROVIDING SUSTAINABILITY OF THE GEOPOLITICAL SYSTEM

G. W. KOLODKO, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland (1994–1997, 2002–2003), Director of the Research Institute at the Kozminski University (War saw), foreign member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor
CHINESE ECONOMY AT THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

V. A. KONEV, Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Academician S. P. Korolev Samara National Research University, Doctor of Science (Philosophy), Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation
FROM THE PRESENTATION CULTURE TO THE CULTURE OF PRESENCE (NEO-MARXIST REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION OF THE MODERN TIMES)

H. KÖCHLER, President of the International Progress Organization (Vienna, Austria), Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck, former Chairman of the Institute of Philosophy, Ph. D. Author of 40 scientific publications, including: “Phenomenological Realism: Selected Essays”, “Democracy and International Legal State. Proposals for an Alternative World Order”, “The Concept of Humanitarian Intervention in the Context of Contemporary Political Power”, “Global Justice or Global Revenge? International Criminal Law at a Crossroads”, “Muslim–Christian Ties in Europe. Past, Present, Future”, “Security Council as Performer of Justice?”, “World Order: Vision and Reality”, and others. Awarded the Medal of Honor of the Austrian Higher Education Society, the Medal of Honor of the International Peace Bureau (Geneva, Switzerland), the Great Medal of David the Invincible of the Armenian Academy of Philosophy, etc. Honorary doctor of the Mindanao State University (Philippines) and the Armenian State Pedagogical University. Professor Emeritus of Pamukkale University (Turkey). Member of the Advisory Board of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, Germany).
CULTURE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

А. М. KRAMARENKO, Director of Development of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
THE FUTURE OF THE WEST-RUSSIA RELATIONS: THE ROLE OF CULTURAL AND CIVILIZATION FACTOR

А. B. KUDELIN, Research Advisor of A. M. Gorky World Literature Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the RAS, a full professor at the Arab philology department of Asia and Africa Institute of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Dr. Sc. (Philology)
“ALIVE AND ‘TANGIBLE’ EMBODIMENT OF THE WORLD LITERARY PROCESS” (D.S. LIKHACHOV AND THE LITERARY MONUMENTS ACADEMIC SERIES)

А. V. KUZNETSOV, director of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, deputy director for Research of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the RAS (2013–2019), corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
THE FACTOR OF LANGUAGE AND OTHER CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PROXIMITY IN THE PROCESSES OF BUSINESS’ TRANSNATIONALIZATION

V. L. KVINT, Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (USA), Head of the Financial Strategy Department at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Head of the Department of strategic studies at the Institute of mathematical studies of complex systems at the Lomonosov MSU, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor, Honorary Figure of Russian Higher Education
THE ROLE OF PROPHETS, PREDICTORS, LEADERS AND STRATEGISTS IN DEFINING CONTOURS AND SCENARIOS OF THE FUTURE

CH. T. LAUMULIN, Research Fellow of Centre of Development Studies and Cambridge Central Asia Forum (Great Britain)
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE IN EAEU REINDUSTRIALIZATION

L. F. LEBEDEVA, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor
GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND NATIONAL PRIORITIES IN THE SOCIO-LABOR FIELD: “TRUMP’S REVOLUTION”

V. A. LEKTORSKY, Chief Researcher of the Theory of Knowledge Department, Institute of Philosophy of the RAS, academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Professor
INDEFINITENESS, UNPREDICTABILITY AND SUPER-DEFINITENESS

R. D. LEWIS, Founder of the International Institute of Language and Cross-Cultural Training “Richard Lewis Communications Ltd.” (Great Britain), Professor
THE CULTURAL IMPERATIVE - GLOBAL TRENDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

A. G. LISITSYN-SVETLANOV, Chief Researcher of the Institute of State and Law of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Law), Professor. Author of more than 150 scientific publications, including: “National Law in The Context of Globalization”, “Modern Global Challenges and National Interests”, “Culture as a Factor Influencing the Development of International Law”, “Legal Culture and Legal Nihilism: Characteristics, Assessments, Problems”, “National and International Legal Order In the Context of Geopolitical Situation”, “White Spots in Modern International Law”, “The Role of Private International Law in the Interaction of National Legal Systems”, “Legal Immunities from ‘Colored Revolutions’”, “Dispute Resolution Procedure in Connection with the Protection and Transfer of Rights to Inventions, Know-How and Trademarks”, “Arbitration in Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation”, “Legal Issues of Scientific, Technological and Industrial Cooperation”, “Private International Law: Current Problems” (co-authored), “Legal Regulation of Foreign Investments in Russia”, “International Civil Procedure: Current Trends”, “Human Rights and Modern State Legal Development”, “New Challenges and International Law”, “The Role of Law in Russia’s Economic Modernization (Case Study in the Oil and Gas Sector)”, and others. Member of the editorial boards of the journals “State and Law” and “Proceedings of the Institute of State and Law” of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Member of the Bureau of the Department of Social Sciences of the RAS. Awarded the Orders of Friendship, Leopold II (Belgium), and St. Sergius of Radonezh.
CULTURE AS FACTOR INFLUENCING NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

G. LITTLEJOHN, Economist, sociologist (Great Britain)
INFORMATION WARS AND GLOBAL CULTURAL CHANGE: A SEGMENTED INTERNET?

V. L. MAKAROV, Academician of the RAS, Academic Advisor of Central Economic and Mathematical Institute of the RAS, Dean of the Faculty of Economics of State Academic University for the Humanities, Director of Graduate School of Public Administration at Lomonosov MSU, President of Russian Economical School, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
THE DIGITAL WORLD AND THE CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE: CREATIVE ACTIVITIES ARE CHANGING THEIR DIRECTION

J. A. MARCH, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to the Russian Federation (2008–2011). In 1989–1993 he worked as a permanent Representative of the European Commission under the Committee on support of the Organization for cooperation and economic development. He served as a Director General of the Institute of Ibero-American Cooperation of Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, an adviser of the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom (1996–2001) and Mexico (2001–2004). He was an Ambassador – a Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva (2004–2008). He is an author of the book “Wait for me in Havana”, “Key Strategic Issues in Global World”, a series of publications about problems of contemporary international relations, including: “Contemporary Global Challenges and National Interests. A World between Conflict and Creativity”, “The World is no Longer the Same: the Big Changes Ahead”, “The Challenge of the Persistence of Different Stages of Competitiveness in the Process of Globalization”, etc.
MOVING FOR A NEW WORLD : FROM SUCCESS IN SCIENCES TO EFFICIENCY IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL OPERATIONAL THINKING AT GLOBAL SCA

A. P. MARKOV, Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Cultural Studies), Dr. Sc. (Pedagogical Studies), Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 170 scientific publications, including: “The Entropy of Freedom as a Global Problem of European Culture”, “‘Cultural Regression’ as a Result of Neoliberal Reforms in Post-Soviet Russia”, “Information Wars of the Post-Industrial World as a Factor in Geopolitical Competition”, “Western Civilization of the Postmodern Age: Symptoms of Decline, an Alternative Project for the Future”, and others. Professor Emeritus of SPbUHSS.
POST-CAPITALIST FUTURE: HOPES AND CONCERNS

R. MATTHEWS, President of the International League of Strategic Management, Assessment and Accounting, Professor at the Kingston University (UK)
RE-THINKING MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND THE COMING OF SINGULARITY: BEYOND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

A. M. MELIKHOV, DDeputy Chief Editor of the journal “Neva” (Saint Petersburg), writer, publicist, literary critic, Cand. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics)
ACADEMICIAN LIKHACHOV AS A MIRROR OF RUSSIAN PATRIOTISM

G. METTAN, President of the United Chamber of Industry and Commerce “Switzerland – Russia and CIS States”, Executive Director of the Swiss Press Club (Geneva). Member of the Grand Council (Parliament) of the Canton of Geneva. Author of number of books on socio-political topics and international relations, including: “The West vs Russia: A Thousand Year Long War”, “A View from the West: Russophobia from Charlemagne to the Last Olympic Games in Rio”, etc.
THE CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WORLD'S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT “PROBLEMS AND WAYS OF SETTLING MODERN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS”

V. V. MIRONOV, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Head of the Department of Ontology and Theory of Knowledge of Lomonosov Moscow State University, corresponding member of the RAS, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation
MARX AND RUSSIA

M. A. MORATINOS CUYAUBE, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Diplomat, lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain (2004–2010), Dr. Author of a number of publications, including: “Crisis in the Middle East”, “The World in the Era of Sustainable Development”, “Contemporary Global Challenges and National Interests”, and others. He was awarded with the orders of the Serbian flag of the 1st degree (Serbia), of the Cross of Terra Mariana of the 1st class (Estonia), Royal order of Charles III (Spain). Grand Officer of the order of the Three Stars (Latvia), Knight of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight of the Order of Civil Merit etc. Honorary Doctor of the universities of Granada, Malta, Ben¬Gurion and Al¬Quds. Doctor honoris causa of SPbUHSS.
GLOBAL WORLD: SYSTEMIC CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND PROFILES OF THE FUTURE

D. V. MOSYAKOV, Head of the Center for Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (History), Professor. Head of the Department of Regional Studies of the Moscow University for the Humanities. Author of more than 150 academic publications, including monographs: “New and Recent History. Modernization and Globalization of Eastern Societies”, “The Multifaceted Elite of the East” (co-authored), “The South China Sea: Current Challenges and Threats” (co-authored), “The Global Transformation of Pacific Asia and Russia”, “The History of Cambodia. 20th Century”, “China’s Policy in Southeast Asia in the Past and the Present”, etc. Member of the editorial board of the journal “Asia and Africa Today”.
THE CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: TRANSFORMATION OF REGIONAL CONFLICT INTO GLOBAL CONFLICT

V. V. NAUMKIN, Scientific Supervisor of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (History), Professor. Author of more than 500 scientific publications, including books: “History of the East”, “Islam and Muslims: Culture and Politics”, “The Middle East in World Politics and Culture”, “The Red Wolves of Yemen”, “Radical Islam in Central Asia: between Pen and Rifle”, “The Arab World, Islam and Russia: Past and Present”, “The Socotra Archipelago Islands (expeditions 1974–2010)”, “Conflicts and Wars of the 21st Century: Middle East and North Africa” (co-authored), and others. Editor-in-Chief of the journals “Vostok (Oriens)”, Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Oriental Analytics. Chairman of the editorial boards of the journals “Oriental Archives” and “Epigraphy of the East”, member of the editorial boards of many periodicals. Awarded the Order of Friendship, foreign and public awards, including the Order of Honor of the Council of Muftis of Russia, “For Service to the Fatherland” (Golden Cross), “The Russian Nation”, the Order of Friendship of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Golden Order of Merit from the State of Palestine, etc. Awarded V. V. Posuvaliuk Prize of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, S. F. Oldenburg Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
SPLIT BETWEEN THE WORLD OF BELIEVERS AND THE WORLD OF DISBELIEVERS: A GLOBAL MEGATREND?

A. D. NEKIPELOV, Director of Moscow School of Economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor. Author of more than 200 scientific publications, including: “Essays on the Economics of Post-Communism”, “The Formation and Functioning of Economic Institutions: from ‘Robinsonism’ to Market Economy Based on Individual Production”, “Central and Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the 20th Century”, and others; papers: “Macroeconomic Policy in the Context of Globalization: The Experience of Modern Russia”, “On the Nature of Modern Global Processes: Reflections of an Economist”, and others. Member of the Scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation. He was awarded the Order of Honor and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.
ON SOCIETY AS OBJECT OF THEORETICAL STUDIES AND THE CUR-RENT ECONOMIC THEORY CRISIS

R. I. NIGMATULIN, Scientific supervisor at P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the RAS, member of the Presidium of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor. Author of more than 200 scientific publications, including monographs: “Fundamentals of Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media”, “Dynamics of Multiphase Media”, “Continuum Mechanics”, “How to Equip the Economy and Power of Russia: Analysis from the Engineer and Mathematician”, “The Crisis and Modernization of Russia – 13 Theorems”, “4E of our Life – Ecology, Energy, Economics, Ethnicity”, etc. Has 21 certificates of authorship for inventions. Member of the Russian National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Member of editorial boards of leading international journals in mechanics and thermophysics. Recipient of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, the USSR State Prize, and the Russian Government’s prizes in science and technology. Awarded Gold Medal of VDNH USSR, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan For Achievements in Science, the Order of Honor, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV degree, etc.
RUSSIA AND GLOBAL CIVILIZATION

S. A. OSKOLKOV , Head of the Audio Engineering Department of Saint-Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
HE TIME-BINDING THREAD… ABOUT THE ROLE OF ARTS IN THE DIALOGUE OF CULTURES

V. PRODANOV, Director of the Thracian Scientific Institute, Professor of the Department of Political Economy of the University of National and World Economy (Sofia), corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy). Principal Secretary of the Bulgarian Philosophical Society (1978–1989), Director of the Institute of Philosophical Sciences (1988–1992) and the Institute of Philosophical Research of the BAS (1995–2010). Author of more than 500 scientific publications, including 22 monographs: “Cognition and values”, “Biosocial values”, “Bioethics”, “Civil society and global capitalism”, “Global changes and the destiny of Bulgaria”, “Violence in the modern era”, “The future of philosophy”, “Sociology of philosophy”, “The theory of Bulgarian transition”, “System cycles and future of history: Where is the world heading”, etc. Member of the editorial boards of a num¬ber of scientific journals. Public intellectual and author of hundreds of papers in mass media.
THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE RISE OF THE DIGITAL RISK SOCIETY

H. M. REZNIK, Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers, candidate of sciences (Law), Honoured Lawyer of Russia
THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: HISTORICAL CONTINUITY AND TRANSFORMATION

N. S. SAFRONOV, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, Professor at the Department of Design and Interior Arts, Ulyanovsk State University, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation, People’s Artist of the Republic of Dagestan
THE ARTS AS A FORM AND SPHERE OF THE DIALOGUE OF CULTURES

M. SANAYEE, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation
CONCERNING THE VECTOR OF NEW PROCESSES IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

J. A. SCHOLTE, Professor of the Peace and Development Department at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
A TRANSCULTURAL FUTURE?

M. V. SHMAKOV, Member of the State Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia, Chairman of the Trustee Counsil of SPbUHSS. Author of a number of publications on social and labor relations, social policy, theory and practice of the labor and trade union movement, including the books: “Trade Unions of Russia on the Threshold of the 21st Century”, “No Victory Without a Fight!”, “For Dignified Labor”, “Trade Union News Through the Prism of Humor” (co-authored); “To Fight and Win”, “Our Struggle”, “Anthology of Trade Union Thought” (co-authored); training manuals for trade unionists and activists “Conflicts in Labor Collectives” (co-authored), “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in a Changing Society”, “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in Questions and Answers”; chapter “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia” in the book “15 Years of the All-Russian Trade Union: A Look into the Future”. Coordinator of the Russian Trilateral Commission on Regulating Social and Labor Relations between All-Russian Trade Union Associations, All-Russian Employer Associations, and the Government of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Professor Emeritus of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations. Member of the Board of the Free Economic Society of Russia, member of the International Union of Economists, the National Civic Committee for Interaction with Law Enforcement, Legislative and Judicial Bodies, etc. Honorary President of the General Confederation of Trade Unions. Awarded the Order of Friendship, Order of the Badge of Honor, Order of Merit for the Fatherland II, III, IV degrees, Medal “In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, Certificate of Merit of the Government of the Russian Federation, etc. Professor Emeritus of SPbUHSS.
MARXISM, CULTURE OF ECONOMIC VIEWS AND IDEAS, AND TRADE UNION IDEOLOGY

V. S. STYOPIN, Head of the Section of Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology and Law of the Department for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director Emeritus of the Institute of Philosophy of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS
SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGY FOR FORECASTING THEIR FUTURE STATES

V. A. TISHKOV, Scientific supervisor of the N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the RAS, member of the Presidium of the RAS, academician-secretary of Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (History), Professor, Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 500 scientific publications, including monographs and textbooks: “Requiem for Ethnicity. Studies in Socio-Cultural Anthropology”, “Political Anthropology”, “Society in Armed Conflict”, “Russian People: History and Meaning of National Consciousness”, “Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in the USSR and After”, “The Russian National Idea”, “State National Policy of the Russian Federation” (co-authored); encyclopedias “The Peoples of Russia” (Editor-in-Chief) and “The Peoples and Religions of the World” (Editor-in-Chief), etc. Member of the editorial boards of the journals Bulletin of the RAS, Ethnographic Review, etc. Recipient of state prizes of the Russian Federation, the Demidov Prize. Awarded the Orders of Honor, Friendship, Alexander Nevsky, the Medal for Labor Achievements.
ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS VARIETY OF RUSSIA: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF THE RESEARCH

P. P. TOLOCHKO, Member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honorary Director of the Institute of Archeology of the NAS of Ukraine, foreign member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (History), Professor, Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS
STOP POKING THE BEAR

ZH. Т. TOSHCHENKO, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Research Sociological Center of the RAS, Scientific Director of the Sociology Department of the Russian State University for the Humanities, corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Professor. Author of about 700 scientific publications, including: “Precarious Employment: Origins, Criteria, Peculiarities” (co-authored), “Precariat: the Formation of a New Class” (co-authored), “Society of Trauma: Between Evolution and Revolution (Experience of Theoretical and Empirical Analysis)”, “Thesaurus of Sociology, Centaur-Problem (Experience of Philosophical and Sociological Analysis)”, “Phantoms of Russian Society”, etc. Chairman of the International Editorial Board of the RAS journal “Sociological Studies”, Professor Emeritus of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Russian State University for the Humanities. Honorary Doctor of the Institute of Sociology of the RAS. Recipient of the M. M. Kovalevsky Prize of the RAS. Awarded the Medal for Labor Achievements and P. A. Sorokin Medal.
THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE IN THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENTSIA’S MEANINGS OF LIFE

V. T. TRETYAKOV, Dean of the Higher School (Department) of Television at the Lomonosov Moscow State University
THE CONTOURS OF THE FUTURE: DEGENERATION OR REGENERATION?

YU. L. VOROTNIKOV, grammar and Lexicology Department Manager, V.V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Doctor of Science (Philology)
D. S. LIKHACHOV AND THE HUMANITIES IN RUSSIA: “THE PAST – TO THE FUTURE”

J. WIATR, Minister of National Education of Poland (1996–1997), deputy to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) (1991–1997, 2001), Dr. Sc. (Sociology), Professor
NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE UNSAFE WORLD: A CENTRAL EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

A. S. ZAPESOTSKY, President of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences, corresponding member of the RAS, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Dr. Sc. (Cultural Studies), Professor, Scientist Emeritus of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Congress of St. Petersburg Intelligentsia. Author of more than 3,400 scientific works and essays. Member of the editorial boards of the journals “Philosophy and Culture”, “Issues of Cultural Studies”, etc. Academician of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (Paris), the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg). Awarded the Order of Friendship and others. Awarded a commendation from the President of the Russian Federation (2012, 2021). Recipient of the Russian Government Prize (2007) and the St. Petersburg Government Prize (2010, 2016) in Education, the Gorky Literary Prize (2007), the Plekhanov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2015), etc.
LABOUR ETHICS IN THE SYSTEM OF POST-SOVIET RUSSIA’S TRANSFORMATIONS