International
Affairs
International Affairs offers unique, first-hand analysis of major foreign policy and security issues facing Russia and other former Soviet republics. This internationally renowned journal is the English translation of the Russian-language journal Mezhdunarodnaia zhizn, which is published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. As such, International Affairs is an excellent primary source for anyone interested in the course of Russian policy in foreign affairs.
The editorial board of this journal is traditionally headed by the minister himself, while the journal’s contributors are primarily experienced, high-ranking diplomats. International Affairs often includes material from independent analysts, whose opinions may or may not differ from the official line. Roundtable discussions on topical world issues will also usually include representatives from the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as from think tanks and universities.
International Affairs sheds light on the foreign policy and diplomacy of Russia as well as the economies and policies of neighboring states, book reviews, white papers from international organizations and conferences, memoirs (often devoted to experiences of diplomats in contested or relatively unknown episodes of international relations), analysis and commentary from experts on international life, and previously unpublished documents on Soviet and Russian foreign policy.
International Affairs
ISSN (print): 0130-9641 | ISSN (online): 1938-2588
In English | Bimonthly (6 issues per year)
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Editorial Advisory Board
Editor-in-Chief
Armen Oganesyan
Executive Secretary
Evgenia Pyadysheva
Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Vladimir Titov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Aleksei Meshkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN
Vladimir Chizov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Union
Sergei Mareev, Director General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Konstantin Kosachev, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Federation Council
Mikhail Seslavinsky, Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications
Vladimir Lukin, Doctor of Science (History)
Mikhail Margelov, Special Representative of the Russian President for Cooperation with African Countries
Anatolii Torkunov, Rector, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Yevgeny Primakov, Academician
Igor Ivanov, President, Russian International Affairs Council
Georgy Petrov, Vice President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Aleksandr Avdeev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Vatican
Andrei Denisov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the PRC
Aleksandr Yakovenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom
Yury Shafranik, Chairman of the Board, Interstate Oil Company Soyuzneftegaz
Aleksandr Dzasokhov, Doctor of Science (Political Science)
Alexey Pushkov, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, State Duma
Aleksandr Panov, Doctor of Science (Political Science)
Alexey Fedotov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic
International Affairs is abstracted and indexed in: American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES), Current Contents of Periodicals on the Middle East, EBSCO Publishing Databases, Index Islamicus, International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences (IBZ), International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences (IBZ), International Political Science Abstracts, Lancaster Index to Defence and International Security Literature, Public Affairs Informations Service (PAIS), Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, and Worldwide Political Sciences Abstracts (WPSA).
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