| CONTENTS |
| The Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: How Human Tragedies Are Used for Political Purposes |
| The Causes of the Civil War in Syria |
| France at a Syrian Impasse |
| An Attack on Universalism in International Relations |
| Nonproliferation: Russian and American Policies |
| The Center That Is Melting Away |
| BRICS in a Multipolar World: From Technological Asymmetry to Catchup and Breakthroughs |
| Soft Power as a Means of Attainment of National Geopolitical Goals |
| Global Anti-Corruption Strategy: New Trends and Priorities |
| The Eastward Vector of Yevgeny Primakov |
| On Pope Francis' Addresses |
| Conflicts and Wars: Shifts at the Edge of the 21st Century |
| The Islamic Challenge in the 21st Century: The Russian Dimension |
| Russia and the Baltic Countries: Contours of a Concept of Bilateral Relations |
| The Role of Israel in Obama's Mideast Policy |
| Cultural Diplomacy as a Tool of Russia's Current Foreign Policy |
| Russia-Slovakia: A Frank Dialogue |
| The World Order: Problems of Transformation |
| Fighting for Our Share in the Oil Market |
| Gazprom vs. Competitors in Europe |
| The Romanovs and the Jewish Question in Russia |
| Nine Days in One Year: The 60th Anniversary of Yukio Hatoyama's Visit to Moscow and the Signing of the Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration |
| Pressing Issues of Modern Civilizational Trends |
| On the United Kingdom's Eternal and Perpetual Interests |
| The Fifth Republic and Détente |
| Index to Volume 62 (Nos. 1-6) January-December 2016 |