| CONTENTS |
| Croatia: Ten Years of Changes |
| The CIS in 2009: Achievements, Issues, Prospects |
| President Obama: A Year in the White House |
| OSCE: A Time for Change? |
| The Model of China's Integration Into the Global Economy and Anti-Cyclic Policy |
| The Korean Nuclear Problem: In Search of Stable Solutions |
| Did Stalin Want to Joint NATO? |
| Iraq: A Key Section of the World's Energy "Solar Plexus" |
| Russian Natural Gas and Global Energy |
| Why Is Russia Opting Out of the Energy Charter? |
| BRIC as a New Form of Multilateral Diplomacy |
| Russia and the "Great Recession" |
| 2009 Copenhagen Summit: Failure, Success or the Moment of Truth? |
| Russia's Image in the German Media |
| Priorities in Modernizing Russia's Diplomacy |
| Historical Politics or Politicized Memory |
| Pages From the Past, a Look Into the Future |
| A History of Ups and Downs |
| "The Potential of Our Relations Is Very Big" |
| If You Are Going to the Holy Land, Come to the Holy Places |
| Moscow Is the Heart of the Russian World |
| Yalta, February 1945: Beginning of a New World? |
| He Was Equal to Suvorov |
| Russia and Finland in 1917-1920: Interstate Delimitation |
| His Diplomatic Career: About Ambassador Vezirov's book |