POLIS Contents ¹ 3 - 2014



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue + Address of the RAPS Leadershipp.7

THEME OF THE ISSUE: FRONTIERS IN THE GLOBAL WORLD
Silantyeva M.V. New Principles of the “Philosophy of Frontier” in the Global World: De-Sovereignization or “Post-Sovereignization?”p.8
Neklessa A.I. Getting over Eurasia (Geo-Economic Essay)p.27
Ide K. Negotiations between the U.S.S.R./Russia and China on the Settlement of Border Issuesp.47

RUSSIA TODAY
Simonia N.A. New Strategic Factors in the Struggle for Russia’s Modernizationp.67
Oganisyan Yu.S. New Russia in Changing World: Socio-Political Perspectivep.76

POLITICAL THEORY
Gutorov V.A. To the Question of the Origin of State: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Modern Interpretationsp.91
Ilyin M.V. “Flaky Pastry” of Politics: Orders, Regimes and Practicesp.111

ORBIS TERRARUM
Grinin L.Ye., Korotayev A.V. Revolution vs. Democracy (Revolution and Conterrevolution in Egypt)p.139
Lukin A.V. Chauvinism or Chaos: Russia’s Unpalatable Choicep.159

ACADEMIC LIFE
Shapiro I. Democracy Man. The Life and Work of Robert A. Dahlp.172
Ratz M.V., Kotelnikov S.I. G.P. Schedrovitsky’s Ideas in Russian Socio-Political Thought (in Commemoration of the 85th Anniversary)p.174

REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT
Makarenko B.I. Unfinished Chroniclep.185