Turning Points of World Transformation

Marina Lebedeva graduated from the Moscow State University, 1977, received her PhD in 1981 and became Doctor of Political Science in 1993. She is the head of the World Politics Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University). Marina Lebedeva is author and co-author of more than 400 academic publications, including books. Vladimir Morozov is Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy and holds the position of Vice-President for HR. He has a PhD in History and has been working at MGIMO since 2002 with a short break in 2004–2007 when he was assigned to the Embassy of the Russian Federation to Israel.

• PART I: Non-state actors in state-centrist Westphalian system.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Transformation of the political organization of the world.- Chapter 2: NGOs in the Middle East.- Chapter 3: Smart City – A Global Project of Late Capitalism.- Chapter 4: “Failed" Arab States: Interaction of Non-State Actors and State Structures.- Chapter 5: The Origin, Present State, and Future оf Multipolarity from a Connectivity Perspective.- PART II: Trends in interstate relations in modern world politics.- Chapter 6: Significant Improvement in Relations between Russia and Japan, and Why There Was no Breakthrough.- Chapter 7: Theoretical Perspectives on BRICS: What Kind of an International Institution Is It?.- Chapter 8: Russia and the Arctic Council: towards a new cooperative agenda?.- Chapter 9: The UN And the Middle East Settlement – Mission: Impossible.- PART III: States in the Transforming Political Organization of the World.- Chapter 10: Biopolitical Challenges ofModern World Politics.- Chapter 11: The COVID-19 Health Scare and Its Impact on the US Politics and Society.- Chapter 12: Spatial development, Regional Policy, and Contemporary World Politics.- Chapter 13: Alternative für Deutschland and the Origins of the German Sonderweg.- Chapter 14: The Rise of Euroscepticism in Europe in Time of Crisis in World Politics.