| CONTENTS |
| The Trust Factor (On the G8 Evian Summit) |
| From St. Petersburg to Rome |
| A Multipolar World is Inevitable |
| A Global Tour d'Horizon |
| The U.S. vs. Rogue States of the Middle East |
| Humankind Threatened by Freshwater Scarcity |
| Iraq: Postwar Landscape |
| UK: The State Visit by the Russian President |
| China: Our Relations Do Not Fear Frost |
| Oil Giants Are Talking |
| Historical Traditions, Slavic Roots, and Spiritual Proximity |
| Continuity of Russian Diplomacy |
| SARS: Isolated Case or Global Challenge? |
| Pugwash |
| Diplomacy and the Information Revolution |
| How We Normalized Relations with China |
| In Defense of Russian Sovereignty |
| UK Returns Russian Giant Cargo Plane |
| Honorary Consuls |
| The 200th Anniversary of St. Petersburg |
| St. Petersburg in Russia's Foreign Policy |
| Ho Chi Minh's Visit to Moscow in 1950 |
| Life is not a Bed of Roses |
| Two Stories |