POLIS Contents ¹ 2 - 2011



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.4

THEME OF THE ISSUE: SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS. POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Shestopal Ye.B. Political Agenda of Russian Power and Its Perception by Citizensp.7
Landshir C.de, Middlehof J. The Role of a Personality in Politics (With the EU as Example)p.25
Winter D. A King-Philosopher or a Contradictory Politician?p.36
Pishcheva T.N. Political Images: Problems of Investigation and of Interpretationp.47
Round Table of the Polis Journal Political Leadership and Personality Problemsp.53

SUBDISCIPLINE: STUDIES OF THE PROBLEMS OF GEOPOLITICS AND SECURITY
Isayev B.A. Geopolitics: Classical and Modernp.69
Khatuntzev S.V. Subnational Regions in Global Politicsp.86
Turovsky R.F. Limitrophes – Intercivilizational Expanses of the Old and New Worldsp.99
Bespalov S.V. Prospects of Realization of Russia’s Geopolitical Interests on the Post-Soviet Spacep.118

IDEAS FOR FURTHER CULTIVATION
Ilyin M.V. Annular Model of the Global Geopolitical Expansep.129

THESAURUS
MacKinder. H.J. Democratic Ideals and Realityp.134
Tzymbursky V.L. Speak, Memory!p.145

LABORATORY: “ETERNAL” PROBLEMS OF RUSSIA
Pastukhov V.B. The Demon of Law. Russian Law as Escaping Realityp.162
Rutland P. The Presence of Absence: Ethnicity Policy in Russiap.172