| CONTENTS |
| "We Are Witnessing the Birth of a New World" |
| Address by Russian President D.A. Medvedev to the Readers of International Affairs |
| Russia and ASEAN Can Do a Great Deal Together |
| Modernization of Russia, Geopolitics of East Asia and the ASEAN Factor |
| Russia Joins ASEM |
| The "Driver's Seat" Phenomenon |
| Russia in Indochina: Back to the Future? |
| Sources and Evolution of the Chiang Mai Initiative |
| Indonesian Oil and Russian Technology |
| Russia and Southeast Asia: Growing Cooperation in Aviation and Space Research |
| What's the Benefit of a Russia-ASEAN Free Trade Zone? |
| ASEAN and Its Transition to Economic Community |
| The Long Life of the Bali Treaty |
| A Common Road Toward a Settlement in Cambodia |
| Konstantin Makovsky in Bogor |
| The "Age of Asia": At the Beginning |
| The ASEAN Way |
| On the Opening of the ASEAN Center in Moscow |
| Quo Vadis, Germany? |
| The UN, a Matchless Player on the International Field |
| Blue Berets: The UN's Peacekeepers |
| The UN, a Common Asset |
| The UN Human Rights Council: Its Roots and Evolution |
| The World Order and International Law |
| "Perestroika" by Nicolas Sarkozy |
| The Central Asian Knot: Do not Cut It, Untie It |
| The End Has not Come Yet |
| Russia-Laos: 50 Years of Cooperation and Partnership |
| The Republic of Yemen on the Path of Development |
| Russia-Mali: Fifty Years of Diplomatic Relations |
| Afghanistan: An Unwinnable War |
| Russia and the World After Copenhagen |
| International Courts: Russia's Position |
| On the Future of the Moscow-Kiev Relationship |
| EurAsEC Customs Union and Ukraine |
| "I Well Understand the Russian Anxiety..." |
| The Patriarch of Smolenskaya Square |
| Index to Volume 56 (Nos.1-6) |