International Affairs

October, 2017, No. 5, Vol. 63

CONTENTS
"The U.S. Is Less and Less Inclined to Look for Compromise"
Energy as a Field of Fierce Competition
"We Did Not Have Tornadoes or Typhoons"
NATO: An Informal Summit or a New Format?
Key Characteristics of the International Trading System and Prospects for Trade Between Russia and the European Union
Brexit: At the Beginning of Uneasy Talks
Sino-American Relations Under Donald Trump: Time of Changes or Continued Struggle for Hegemony?
Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: A Need Obvious to the Naked Eye
Soft Power: Voluntary Cooperation and Access to Resources
The Korean Crisis: Is There a Solution?
Solitaire Arabian Style
Islam as a Factor in the Foreign Policies of Muslim Countries
The Middle East: Urgent Problems
Helmut Kohl: Pragmatist, Patriot, European
Snap Election in Britain as Seen From the Celtic Regions
Transnistria in the Grip of the Ukraine Crisis: On the 25th Anniversary of the Transnistrian Conflict
Edi Rama: Does He Represent a New Albanian Reality?
Russian Presence in Nicaragua: The Role and Main Characteristics of Soft Power in Russian-Nicaraguan Relations
Upgrading History: Launch of the EU Project for the Preservation of European Identity
The International Association of Oil Transporters: A Territory of Professionalism and Trust
The Munich Tragedy: Pondering the Fate of Czechoslovakia
The Death Toll in the Kuropaty Massacre
The Situation in the Middle East and the U.S. Perspective on Global Trends
Latvia: Different Faces of Independence