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The Balkans in academic discourse and foreign policy practice of today’s Hungary
Authors: Ulunyan A.A.
Published: June 2022

The article examines the role and place of the Balkans in the academic discourse and foreign policy practice of today’s Hungary in the context of the existing approaches to the Balkan problematics in the Hungarian historical tradition. The author draws attention to the fact that the modern academic view of the Balkans in Hungary has certain features, expressed in the attempts to determine the structure of the Balkan space from the standpoint of political and historical geography. Therefore, representatives of the Hungarian academic and expert-analytical community are studying the Western Balkans as a special part of the region, designed, in their opinion, to solve a specific problem – the accession of the Western Balkan countries to the European Union. In the current Hungarian realities, academic discourse has made it possible to formulate the «Balkan agenda» in a broader sense. The main topic of the discussions is the problem of Hungary's interaction with both the whole region and its «special part». At the same time, when pursuing the Balkan policy, the Hungarian side seeks to use the capabilities of the Visegrad Group and use Hungary’s membership in the EU to promote the idea of the need for the earliest possible admission of the countries of the Western Balkans to this Union. This approach is intended to strengthen the Hungarian position in the Balkan region as a whole, as well as draw US attention to Hungary’s efforts to implement this project. The article attempts to determine the place and role of the «Balkan vector» in Hungary’s foreign policy from the point of view of the interests of the center-right political forces currently in power, headed by Prime Minister V. Orbán. During his second term in office (since 2010), the Balkan theme has taken one of the leading places in Hungary’s foreign policy. First of all, Hungary actively supported a number of countries in the region in their aspiration to join the EU. At the same time, economic ties with the region were strengthened with the parallel use of «soft» power to form a positive image of Hungary in the socio-political circles of particular countries of the peninsula. Strategically, the Balkan theme of contemporary Hungarian discourse not only reflects the country’s foreign policy agenda, but also shapes it.
Does the «Baltic Land» exist? Rethinking the political positioning of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (2014–2021)
Authors: Barinov I.I.
Published: June 2022

The political self-positioning of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania often remains on the periphery of research interest while studying political processes in the European Union. This is partly due to the usual attribution of the Baltic states to the «natural» sphere of influence of Russia, and partly to the idea of the specificity and «regionality» of this issue. As far as we can judge, the traditional term «Baltic Land» (Baltia) in relation to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania has lost its significance, and those countries represent themselves as independent actors, striving to overwhelm this imposed community. A closer study of the Baltic issues shows that the positions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were shaped in complicated historical conditions, and despite geographical proximity, are unique in each case. The idea of their initial cohesion turns out to be speculative. The relatively small size and limited political opportunities of the Baltic states paradoxically contributed to the fact that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have always promoted the interests of their nations first. Their unity was at the same time an expression of unfavorable external conjuncture. Contrary to the public declarations of the Baltic states, the European identity is rather used as a moral category, whereas the national agenda always prevails. Overall, the «real politics» on the part of official Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius are actually associated not with European, but Euro-Atlantic integration. It can be assumed that the Baltic states’ accession to the EU and NATO fixed the imperatives of their foreign policy developed by that time, and such events as the Ukrainian and Belarusian crises only actualize them.
DOSTOEVSKY AND THE MOTIFS OF POWER, LOVE, AND HUMAN BEINGS' METAPHYSICAL DESTINY IN 19 TH CENTURY EUROPEAN CULTURE
Authors: Kovalevskaya Tatiana
Published: June 2022

The article considers the self-deifying tyrannical personality type in Dostoevsky's works 1) in connection with the topics of power and love in the 19 th century European culture; 2) in the overall context of human beings being destined for divinity (from the New Testament and the teachings of Church Fathers to Pico della Mirandola's “The Oration on the Dignity of Man”; 3) in a typological comparison with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung with all three authors resolving this problem each in their own unique way.
GENIUS AND MONSTER IN "THE HOUSE OF LITERATURE": DOSTOEVSKY’S REPUTATION IN BRITAIN
Authors: Krasavchenko Tatiana
Published: June 2022

Dostoevsky was perceived in Britain as the most unusual and incomprehensible of Russian writers, a prophet, a sage who discovered the truths of life, the depths of human psychology, a preacher of suffering, madman and monster, but not a novelist in the conventional sense. His going beyond aesthetic and social national standards helped British writers in their aesthetic quest and scared them. His novels seemed shapeless, «fluid puddings» (H. James), dangerous to the norms of the British prose. His ethical standards, based on the ethics of Orthodoxy, opposed English culture, which focused mainly on Protestant ethics - action, individualism, pursuit of well-being, happiness. The author of the article analyzes the perception of Dostoevsky by O. Wilde, R. Stevenson, G.K. Chesterton, A. Bennett, by modernists - V. Woolf, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence. T.S. Eliot, W. Lewis, D.M. Murry, as well as W. Somerset Maugham and M. Bradbury. Despite the ambivalent attitude towards him, Dostoevsky entered the British pantheon of foreign literature, although not without a sqeak.
"ПОВОРОТ К ДОСТОЕВСКОМУ" У ТОМАСА МАННА: "ДОКТОР ФАУСТУС" (1947)
Authors: Sokolova Elizaveta
Published: June 2022

The article examines how the center of the «Russian space» by Thomas Mann shifts from L.N. Tolstoy towards F.M. Dostoevsky in the mid-1940s while he was working on Doctor Faustus (1947) and the preface for the American edition of selected works of Dostoevsky (1945) - in the historical context of a turning point during the Second World War. It also gives a brief overview of domestic research on intertextual relations between Doctor Faustus and some works of F.M. Dostoevsky, and notes significant parallelism between dynamics of Adrian Leverkuhn’s «falling away from God» in chapters XIV-XXV of the novel, Thomas Mann’s addressing to some Dostoevsky’s works and development of the Soviet army's counteroffensive to the West in 1944-1945 (as presented by Thomas Mann in «The story of a novel: the genesis of “Doctor Faustus”», 1949).
COSMISM IN FINE ART: ORIGINS, ESSENCE AND PERSPECTIVES
Authors: Sokolov Vladislav
Published: June 2022

This work is devoted to cosmism in art, as it has become a particularly significant artistic style, clearly identifying high art as one of the ways of conceiving the world and man. It reveals the deep essence and the philosophical foundations of cosmism in visual arts. All that is presented in the context of those new views that were carried by artists-cosmists and which are associated with the symbolism of otherness and other states of matter, the inevitability of the spiritual evolution of mankind and, in general, with the ideas of the New World, New Man and New Beauty.
ZETTELKASTEN OF NIKLAS LUHMANN IN CULTURAL STUDIES
Authors: Sukhovskii Andrei
Published: June 2022

The article considers the fields of application of index cards in cultural studies. The question of the heuristic potential of knowledge bases and the ways to create serendipity is touched upon. Particular attention is paid to the knowledge management technique of Niklas Luhmann (Zettelkasten).
CONSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM IN THE MIRROR OF FOREIGN CARICATURE
Authors: Andreeva Galina
Published: June 2022

The wide use of the term «constitutional mechanism» in the article is compared with the image of the constitution in the form of a mechanism in foreign cartoons. Caricatures are analyzed, in which the constitution is depicted in the form: details (an integral part) of a larger mechanism; unknown device (mechanism); ship (marine vehicle) and car. A small «list» of types of images of the constitution is predetermined by the author, on the one hand, by the fact that the constitution is more and more easily associated with a book or scroll, on the other hand, by the fact that mechanization in the second half of the twentieth and early 21 st centuries has already ceded its leading role to other technologies that are more difficult to implement in caricature. It was noted that the lack of image of high-speed vehicles corresponds to the nature of the constitution.
MODERN ITALIAN FASHION AS UNIQUE SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENON
Authors: Sergei Kozlov
Published: June 2022

The article attempts a comprehensive interdisciplinary consideration of the key aspects of modern italian fashion as a unique sociocultural phenomenon. Regional differences inherent in the fashion of Northern and Southern Italy are noted. The article analyzes the origins of the aesthetic and ideological choice of outstanding fashion designers: D. Armani, D. Versace, R. Cavalli, D. Dolce and S. Gabbana, F. Ragazzi, etc.; special attention is paid to such qualities of their unique heritage as hard work, constant creative search, synthesis of traditions and innovations, «philosophy of perfectionism», productive use of the latest technologies and information communications. The main reasons for the high popularity of italian fashion in modern Russia are considered; conclusions are drawn about its significance for the world cultural and artistic heritage.
CULTURAL STEREOTYPES IN THE ETHICS OF THE STOICS AND SPINOZA
Authors: Gadzhikurbanov Aslan
Published: June 2022

Starting from antiquity, European ethics formed some stable stereotypes in describing the collisions of the rational and sensory components of moral life, where value priorities were given to the rational principles of a person's moral life, which were opposed by the sensory-emotional, affective sphere of mental life. In this regard, aspecial signifi-canceacquiresa cultural stereotype associated with the interpretation of the concept of nature. His assessment is based on the opposition of the concepts natural / artificial, spontaneous / rational, involuntary / intentional. One of the most important resources of the European cultural tradition is the history of philosophical ideas, many of which have acquired a paradigmatic status and have become common European cultural values. It will be about the interpretation of the nature of passions in ancient Stoicism and the philosophical system of Spinoza. The phenomenon of passion is considered in the following aspects: passion as a disease of the soul, passion as excessive striving, passions as special physical states of mental substance, passion as a false judgment, passion as a phenomenon of metaphysical discrimination.
"LEXICALIZATION" OF FORMAL STRUCTURES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATION OF CULTURAL TEXTS
Authors: Glebkin Vladimir
Published: June 2022

Borrowing a certain structure and filling it with new content is a model widely used for creation of new texts and for the cultural evolution in general. The identification and description of such models is a significant feature of the structuralist view of culture. However, the strict separation of structure and content overlooks the process of «lexicalization» of the structure. This article distinguishes two types of such «lexicalization», illustrated by a few examples. Special attention is paid to the theory of social contract, the emergence and individual features of which can also be examined within this scope.
THE LIVING ETHICS AS THE PHILOSOPHIC FOUNDATION OF THE ROERICH PACT
Authors: Kutsarova Marga
Published: June 2022

The paper demonstrates the intrinsic connection between the Roerich Pact - the first international treaty on the protection of cultural property in peace-time and in time of armed conflicts, and the philosophic system of the Living Ethics. The Pact was initiated by the outstanding Russian thinker, artist, scholar and public figure Nicholas Roerich whereas the Living Ethics was created by Helena Roerich and Nicholas Roerich in cooperation with the spiritual Teachers of the East, and it represents a synthesis of the Eastern philosophy and the Russian cosmism. According to the Living Ethics, culture is the foundation and the driving force of the evolution of humanity, it is also the basis for lasting peace in the world. Nicholas Roerich’s concept of culture-which is based on the ideas of the Living Ethics-not only draws a clear line of distinction between culture and civilization, it also substantiates the necessity of according priority to culture in its interrelation with civilization. The principle of priority of culture is implemented in the Roerich Pact: this international treaty provides for unconditional protection of cultural property in times of armed conflict (priority of culture over military necessity), and in peacetime it accords priority to culture (education, science, arts and spirituality) in the internal policies of the countries, which means in particular priority of funding of the cultural, scientific and educational institutions. The main objective of the Roerich Pact is the preservation of cultural property. According to the Living Ethics the preservation of the material objects of culture means the preservation of the energy of culture (the latter is the foundation for the evolution of mankind), for energy does not exist without matter. Cultural heritage which has accumulated in itself the creative luminiferous power of thought of its great creators is of paramount importance for improvement of society and for overcoming the deep-running contemporary crises and particularly the main one of them - the moral crisis. The destruction of cultural objects and consequently of the very space wherein culture exists inevitably brings about the domination of pseudoculture which resonates with the low instincts of the human being and leads to the swelling of egotism, aggression and mass predatory consumption. True culture, true art, and science elevated by ethics contribute for the development of the inner spiritual strength of the human being, for the flowering of her/his creative potential and therefore for the advancement of humanity on the ladder of its cosmic evolution.
‘RUSSOPHOBIA’ AND RELATED CONCEPTS IN GERMANY IN THE 19 TH CENTURY
Authors: Dushenko Konstantin
Published: June 2022

The concept of ‘Russophobia’ was introduced by British radicals in 1836. In Germany 1830-1840 s, the ‘Russophobia’ debate took on a much clearer ideological connotation than it was in England. The dividing line was between democrats and national liberals, on the one hand, and conservatives, on the other; and the image of Russia was very different for both. The following words were used as synonyms for ‘Russophobia’: RussenhaB (hatred of Russians), Russen-Scheu and Russenfurcht (fear of Russians), Russenfeindschaft (hostility towards Russians), Russophagie (Russophagy), Russenfresserei (Russian-eating). First two words appeared during the Polish uprising of 1830-1831 and were usually used in connection with the Polish question. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the above designations were encountered in a foreign policy context and referred not to Russians as a nation, but to the Russian autocratic state. After the Crimean War, the topic of ‘Russophobia’ in the liberal and conservative press fades into the background. The French threat is highlighted; “Russian-eaters / Russophobes” are now called Democrats-Republicans, many of whom ended up in exile. Since the Eastern Crisis in the late 1870 s, the bulk of references to ‘Russophobia’ in the German press have been associated with Anglo-Russian relations, and the word ‘Russian-eating’ is practically out of use.
TRANSFER AND TRANSFORMER IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTIC SPACE (LITERATURE AND PICTORIAL ART)
Authors: Silantieva Valentina
Published: June 2022

The article considers the opportunities of cultural transfer as a method of studying interspecies ties involving art and literature. It also reflects the organic nature of the transfer usage in the field of comparative studies. Mention should also be made that the present paper introduces some refinements of a theoretical nature and demonstrates the application of the method to the analysis of particular works. The polemical nature of the article is associated with the concept of «transformer», which, according to the author, is more consistent with the analysis of postmodern works and works of «new reality».
THE MAGNA CARTA AS A LEGAL ACT, A CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACT AND AN OBJECT OF FINE ART
Authors: Andreeva Galina
Published: June 2022

The article gives a comprehensive description of the Magna Carta of 1215 in the totality of three aspects as a legal act, a cultural and historical artifact and an object of fine art. The author proceeds from the fact that the originality of each of the aspects reinforces and strengthens the rest, giving special uniqueness to the Magna Carta of 1215 and turning it into an important element of modern culture. To analyze each of the aspects, the corresponding scientific method is used: comparativistic, formal-logical, source-research, retrospective, semiotic, etc. The characterization of the Magna Carta of 1215 as a legal act reflects its place in the legal system of Great Britain as part of the country's constitution. At the same time, special attention is paid to the ambiguous situation of its adoption. The article shows that this is a legal instrument that has had a huge impact on the formation of modern ideas about the constitutional system around the world, especially with regard to human rights. Considered as a cultural and historical artifact, the Great Charter of Liberties has a whole set of features that give it special value and make the preserved specimens unique. The circumstances associated with its adoption, the materials and ink used at that time to produce official documents, the methods of authenticating the document and other historical and cultural features of the four surviving copies of the Magna Carta of 1215 make it an interesting object of historical and cultural research. As an object of fine art, the Great Charter of Liberties was embodied both in serious monumental works and in caricatures; both in the works of artists and sculptors creating works of elitist art, and in works related to mass culture. The latter is illustrated by examples of images on clothing and vector Internet culture.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE COLD. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CIRCUMPOLAR SOCIOCULTURAL
Authors: Lavrenova Olga
Published: June 2022

An international online workshop of circumpolar sociocultural issues was held on December 7, 2021, it was organized by the Association of the same name. The topics of the seminar ranged from theoretical issues (conceptualization of cold as the basis of culture and everyday practices of the indigenous peoples of the North and the circumpolar South, the study of images of circumpolar regions, etc.) to purely practical, such as the “exploration” of the circumpolar region and modern social problems. Several interesting new publications were presented during this workshop.
“CREATING CONSCIOUSNESS”, OR MIKHAIL BAKHTIN BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE
Authors: Makhlin Vitaliy
Published: June 2022

Three things are investigated in the present article: first, the general situation in the so-called Bakhtin studies, East and West; secondly, a possible new approach to Bakhtin’ thinking in the context of the “non-Bakhtinian” ideological and scientific atmosphere after the end of the new times, or the Modernity; thirdly, some preliminary commentary is given to Bakhtin’s notion of authorship, or the “creating consciousness”. Consequently, the first part of the article is a discussion of the disparity between Bakhtin’s world-wide popularity and the general problematiicity of his “influence”. The second part is an attempt to investigate some possibility of “another beginning” in the humanities in general and in Bakhtin studies in particular. While a possibility of creative future, or the “new”, doesn’t seem to exist within the horizon of the present, it is not the present, then, but the creative past of the previous epochs is likely to hermeneutically produce possibilities to enrich our creative potential in the modus of “future-in-the-past”. The last part of the article demonstrates a possibility of “another beginning” elucidating Bakhtin’s concept of authorship as a “creating consciousness”. In the Bakhtinian thinking, a creating author, as well as an active person, is not so much existential or monological, but, rather, grotesque and dialogical. Authorship as the “creating consciousness”seems to overcome the ideal of autonomy typical for the Modernity by his alternative principle of the “autonomous participation or participating autonomy” in life, in art, and in science.
BAKHTIN QUESTION: THE INTERIM ANSWER
Authors: Peshkov Igor
Published: June 2022

The article summarizes the interim results of the problem “Bakhtin under a mask”, the main of which is the final solution of Bakhtin question in the sense that the presumption of authorship for disputed texts now unambiguously passes to M.M. Bakhtin. As arguments for proving Bakhtin's attribution of the books “Freudianism”, “The Formal Method in Literary Criticism” and “Marxism and the Philosophy of Language” both numerous testimonies of Bakhtin himself and his contemporaries, and the results of text analysis of controversial books are cited. The logically grouped evidence clarifies Bakhtin's ethical and scientific position on this issue. An immanent study of disputed texts from the point of view of their content and style, on the one hand, and comparing them with authentic Bakhtin works, on the other hand, leads to the recognition of their semantic and stylistic unity, which presupposes the unity of authorship.
ПРОФИЛАКТИКА ТЕРРОРИЗМА НА СЕВЕРНОМ КАВКАЗЕ
Authors: Adiyev A. , Musaeva A.M.
Published: June 2022

В статье отражен опыт последних лет в области профилактики терроризма в республиках Северного Кавказа, где на сегодняшний день наблюдается значительный спад террористической активности. На основе анализа данных исследования утверждается, что успех государства в предупреждении терроризма обусловлен повышением качества межведомственного и межуровневого взаимодействия всех субъектов противодействия терроризму, ориентацией на адресную работу с категориями лиц, наиболее подверженных воздействию идеологии терроризма и экстремизма, а также вовлечением в эту деятельность широких общественных кругов. В статье также описаны некоторые проблемы в подходах и организации мероприятий по профилактике терроризма в ряде республик Северного Кавказа, и предлагаются для апробирования те решения, которые успешно практикуются в отдельных муниципальных образованиях и регионах. Статья предоставлена авторами для публикации в бюллетене «Россия и мусульманский мир»
О СИСТЕМНОМ РАСИЗМЕ В ЛИВАНСКОМ ОБЩЕСТВЕ
Authors: Bibikova Olga
Published: June 2022

На примере Ливана рассматриваются особенности функционирования системы найма иностранных работников (кафала) в арабских странах. В Ливане эта система применяется в отношении домашней прислуги, прежде всего женщин. Однако наниматели зачастую не выполняют своих обязанностей по контракту. Кроме того, свои коррективы внес экономический кризис, разразившийся в стране. Статья предоставлена автором для публикации в бюллетене «Россия и мусульманский мир»
ВВЕДЕНИЕ В ОБОРОННУЮ ПОЛИТИКУ ТУРЦИИ
Authors: Kudayarov K.
Published: June 2022

В обзоре анализируются публикации девяти турецких специалистов, дающих представление о современной оборонной политике Турции, основных этапах ее развития и реализации. Авторы предоставляют исчерпывающую информацию теоретического и практического характера для лучшего понимания процессов, происходящих в военной сфере. Большое внимание уделено внутри- и внешнеполитическим процессам, предопределившим дальнейшее развитие турецкой оборонной политики, конечной целью которой является превращение Турецкой Республики в сильную региональную державу. Стратегическая автономия, которой добивается официальная Анкара как в сфере военно-промышленного производства, так и в других секторах жизнедеятельности государства, - является непременным условием для достижения поставленной цели. Характеризуемые в обзоре исследования претендуют на то, чтобы внести важный вклад в понимание логики, которой придерживается турецкое руководство в реализации своей региональной политики.
ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES: THE IDEOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION OF THE TAKFIRI JIHADISTS
Authors: Dobayev Igor
Published: June 2022

Twenty years ago, a number of significant objects in the United States underwent terrorist attacks. As a result, several thousand people were killed, and members of the radical Islamist group Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden were declared terrorists, although there are other opinions about the organizers and customers of these terrorist attacks. In this article, the author examines the ideological prerequisites that have been accumulated for centuries in some trends in Islam, which could become the driving motive for committing acts of terrorism by adherents of radical Islamism.
PROBLEMS OF THE ELITE CONFLICT IN KARACHAYEVO-CIRCASSIA
Authors: Botasheva Asiyat
Published: June 2022

Political elite is a social group that has risen to political “stardom” as claiming to exercise authority and control the masses. The elites are undoubtedly generated by social inequality rather than unequal amounts of talent or individual, spiritual other differences. Elite education, professional success, great ambitions, extensive expertise, standing in society, the right connections, assertiveness, etc. are of great importance.
BOSNIAN AND ALBANIAN QUESTIONS THREE DECADES AFTER THE BREAKUP OF YUGOSLAVIA
Authors: Efremenko Dmitry
Published: June 2022

The article examines the dynamics and prospects of the settlement of the main conflicts in the Western Balkans region. Three decades after the breakup of Yugoslavia, the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains explosive, and the Albanian question has not yet been resolved. The most important factors influencing the conflict dynamics in the region are ethnic homogenization and external interference. The intervention of the West allowed to stop the military actions, but at the same time it actually consolidated the results of ethnic homogenization. The prospect of integration of various countries in the region into Western alliances does not eliminate the remaining conflict potential. Rather, Western alliances are following the path of internalizing these conflicts. In these circumstances, there is a high probability of further changes in the borders between the Western Balkan states.
“GAME OF THRONES”. LEBANESE CLANS AND STATE IN GERMANY
Authors: Belinsky Andrei
Published: June 2022

In the article it is analyzed the process of criminalization of Lebanese clans arrived in Germany in the early 1980s. It is noted that it was caused by a number of reasons, including the marginal situation of Lebanese immigrants, the lack of attention of the authorities to integration problems, specifics of mentality, etc. Starting with petit thefts and street drug trafficking, the clans gradually began to create their own economic structures, which included both legal business and criminal activities (extortions, robbery, money laundering, etc.). At the end of the article, it is concluded that an effective fight against clan crime involves a set of measures that include not only police operations, but also the fight against the “business” of clans and work with their individual members.
THE ROLE OF THE “SHIITE CRESCENT” IN THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST (2000-2020)
Authors: Khazanov Anatoliy , Gasratyan Svetlana
Published: June 2022

The article reveals the meaning of the geopolitical term “Shiite crescent”. This term is used to refer to the region of the spread of Shiism in the Middle East. At present, Iran which is trying to create a broad coalition of states where the majority of the population is Shiites is claiming strategic dominance in the “Shiite crescent”.
COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NEAR AND FAR ABROAD COUNTRIES. ANALYTICAL REVIEW
Authors: Schensnovish Valentina
Published: June 2022

The review analyzes current trends in international cooperation of modern Russia. Statistics on foreign trade relations of the Russian Federation for 2018-2019. with countries of near and far abroad. The dynamics of Russia's foreign trade, changes in its geographical and commodity pattern are considered. Particular attention is paid to the cooperation of the Russian Federation with the EAEU, ASEAN, APEC and CIS countries.
PREVENTION OF TERRORISM IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS
Authors: Adiyev Aslanbek , Musaeva Ayshat
Published: June 2022

The article reflects the experience of recent years in the field of terrorism prevention in the republics of the North Caucasus, where today there is a significant decline in terrorist activity. Based on the analysis of the research data, it is argued that the success of the state in preventing terrorism is due to an increase in the quality of interdepartmental and inter-level interaction of all subjects of countering terrorism, focusing on targeted work with categories of persons most exposed to the ideology of terrorism and extremism, as well as the involvement of broad public circles in this activity. The article also describes some problems in the approaches and organization of measures to prevent terrorism in a number of republics of the North Caucasus, and suggests for testing those solutions that are successfully practiced in individual municipalities and regions.
UZBEKISTAN: PROBLEMS OF CURRENT MODERNIZATION OF WATER MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURE
Authors: Niyazi Aziz
Published: June 2022

The situation with a shortage of water and land resources in Uzbekistan cannot be called critical, but it is close to it. Given the growing shortage of water and fertile land in the republic, quite effective measures are being implemented and planned to save them. They are commensurate with the capabilities of the state. The safety margin from the inevitable impact of negative natural phenomena related to climate change is built in. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how the growth of water and farmland shortages can be stopped on its own together with increasing consumption and turnout against the background of high fertility rates and unresolved water and land problems with neighbors. However, such a puzzle faces all the states of Central Asia .
JOINT RUSSIAN-IRANIAN COMMISSION FOR THE DIALOGUE “ORTHODOXY-ISLAM”: HISTORY AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INTERRELIGIOUS COOPERATION
Authors: Melnik Sergey
Published: June 2022

The article reviews the activities of the Joint Russian-Iranian Commission for the Dialogue “Orthodoxy-Islam”. The Commission was established in 1997 with the direct participation of the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (the future His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia). The meetings of the Commission were held with a frequency of about once every two years alternately in Moscow and Tehran. The history of past meetings, the topics discussed are described, and excerpts from joint statements following the results of the meetings are given. The activities of the Commission are analyzed in the context of different types of interreligious dialogue.
RELIGIOUS FACTOR IN WORLD POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Authors: Chikrizova Olga , Lashkhia Yurii
Published: June 2022

The article is dedicated to identifying the key features of the influence of the religious factor on world politics in the light of the traditional science of international relations ignoring religion and defending the position on the separation of “secular” and “spiritual” in the studies of international relations.
Influence of land-use systems on hydraulic properties of soils in Yenagoa and Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Authors: Agbai W.P. , Kosuowei M.T.
Published: June 2022

This research aimed to determine the effect of different land-use systems on the matric potential, and hydraulic conductivity of the soils of Yenagoa and Amassoma communities. Soil samples were collected from four respective land-use types namely: Fallow land, Oil Palm Plantation, Plantain Plantation, and Virgin land. A total of 12 samples were bulked from three replicates at each land use type and were collected at depths of 0-15cm, 15-30cm, and 30-45cm respectively. The samples were taken to the laboratory to analyze their physical, chemical, and hydrological properties. The result showed that the different land use had a significant effect (P<0.05) on some soil physical, chemical, and hydraulic characteristics. The different land-use systems had a significant effect on the soil hydraulic conductivity with the highest in virgin (13.6 cm/hr) and lowest in the plantain plantation (7.6 cm/hr). The virgin land recorded the highest Soil Water Holding Capacity (SWHC) of 2.85 cm with a range of 1.55 – 2.85cm and Plant Available Water Capacity (PAWC) of 0.19 cm3cm-3, with a range of 0.10 - 0.19 cm3cm-3, while the plantain plantation recorded the lowest (1.55 cm and 0.10 cm3cm3). Based on the study, it is recommended that soils with high Plant Available Water Capacity (PAWC) and Soil Water Holding Capacity (SWHC) be used to cultivate crops that are non-tolerant to water stress while organic amendments are used on soils with low fertility.
Nutrient dynamics under unmanaged rubber, cocoa, and oil palm plantations in a sandy soil under humid lowland tropical climatic conditions
Authors: Bob Joel , Michael Patrick S.
Published: June 2022

Changes in land use are an important issue in many farms that affect soil biological, chemical, and physical properties temporarily under cropping cycles or when the land is permanently allocated to perennial tree crops, e.g., in agroforestry. This study investigated the changes in sandy soil chemistry induced by three perennial tree crops (rubber, cocoa, and oil palm) growing in 30-year-old unmanaged and abandoned plantations and the surrounding grasslands dominated by cogon grass. A disruptive approach was used to collect soil samples from the top 60 cm under all the tree crops and in the grassland soils. A 500-gram sample of each soil originating from under each tree crop and the grassland were carefully packed into pre-labeled paper bags in triplicate (n=3) and sent to the laboratory for analysis of a selected number of primary and secondary macronutrients, micronutrients, and other soil parameters. The results showed N, K, Mg, Cu, Zn, and S were generally deficient in the sandy soil. A tree crop-specific soil organic matter, organic carbon, carbon stock contents, and water holding capacity measured were high under rubber and cocoa only. The variation in pH, electrical conductivity, bulk density, total porosity, and particle composition were generally similar except that the sand composition was lower in the soils under rubber and oil palm.
Covid 19: How Is the Ability of Local Governments to Deal with It?
Authors: Audia Nia , Putera Roni Ekha , Aromatica Desna
Published: June 2022

Countermeasures to minimize the spread of Covid-19 are still being carried out. The city of Padang has reduced the rate of the space of Covid-19 when implementing the Large-Scale Social Restriction policy. However, the spike in Covid-19 cases occurred again when the New Normal policy began to be implemented in the city of Padang. The purpose of this study is to explain the ability of local governments in dealing with Covid-19. The research method in data collection is qualitative through interviews and documentation. The results of this study are that the Padang City Covid-19 Handling Task Force as a local government agency for the Covid-19 response has played a good role in overcoming Covid-19 in Padang City. However, several things need to be maximized related to the capacity of the local government in Padang City. First, in the Human Resources variable, regarding the resources of health workers and health service facilities for handling health for Covid-19 survivors at the Padang City regional hospital, it still needs to be improved. Second, on the technical variables, namely Covid-19 logistics, there are still some Covid-19 survivors who do not receive logistical assistance when self-isolating Covid-19 at home, besides that the Covid-19 Handling Task Force also still needs to maximize its coordination in conveying information. The latest news regarding the development of Covid-19 to the public. Therefore, to suppress the rate of growth of Covid-19, the ability of local governments is urgently needed
Public Service Innovation Based on Mini Website at The United Nation and Political Agency of Probolinggo City
Authors: Haryanto Ahmad Isnaini , Said M Mas'ud , Muchsin Slamet
Published: June 2022

The innovation raised by Bakesbangpol in providing services to the public, especially the management of mass organizations is by launching the A_ormasapplication, where this application contains a database of mass organizations, registration, and reporting of mass organizations. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the implementation of public service innovations in the implementation of this application, the supporting and inhibiting factors, as well as strategies to face obstacles in the implementation of the A_ormasapplication. This study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type of research. Collecting data using interviews, surveys, observation, and document techniques. While the data analysis used interactive model analysis. The results of the study indicate that public service innovation in the mini web-based A_ormas Application has been running effectively, the supporting factors in this innovation are the support from the leadership, competent service personnel, adequate service facilities and infrastructure as well as central and local government assistance. While the inhibiting factors include limited personnel who master information technology, still using open-source networks, no public dialogue menu, and no reward and punishment system. Improvement efforts have also been made, including: Urging the local government to immediately realize the use of fiber optic networks so that they can improve services, submitting IT personnel to the Probolinggo City Government through the section that handles staffing and optimizing the function of the public dialogue menu.
Analysis of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) Development Strategy in Increasing Village Own-source Revenue in Bantimurung, Maros Regency
Authors: Arfah Sitti Rahmawati , Wahid Nur , Tahir Nurbiah , Busri Busri
Published: June 2022

This article explains the development of Village Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) in increasing original villagel income during the pandemic covid-19, which hurts the socio economic antisocialeconomicall communities. The research location at BUMDes in Kecamatan Bantimurung, Kabupaten Maros, uses survey research method with descriptive analysis approach using SWOT analysis technique. The selection of respondents was carried out by purposive sampling of 36 respondents using the proportional random sampling technique. The research data consisted of primary and secondary data regarding the conditions, and internal and external factors of BUMDes in Bantimurung. Data was collected using interview techniques with research instruments in the form of questionnaires. Based on the results of the study, it shows that BUMDes in Bantimurung is not yet fully optimal but can contribute to village the own-source revenue with business units owned and the lack of facilities and supervision from the sub-district government, so that the BUMDes strategy that can be applied is the growth and build strategy, it can be recommended that the development of BUMDes need support from the government through regulations, capital assistance and accompaniment. In addition, by carrying out good strategic planning for the development of BUMDes, in-depth observations and mapping of the local economic potential of villages, choosing business development, and expanding the network of cooperation partners and optimizing the role of cooperation partners and the community to jointly encourage the development of BUMDes products, strengthen markets and training for BUMDes managers on an ongoing basis.
Quality of Fisheries Investment License Services in Donggala District Investment & PTSP
Authors: Irma Ade
Published: June 2022

Various stories experience the community complained about the services that have been provided by the Door Integrated Investment and Licensing Office (DPMPTSP) of Donggala regency of Central Sulawesi ProvinceFor a long time the community complained about the implementation of license services that felt very far from his expectations. The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of service for fishery sector investment permits at the Investment Office & PTSP, Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi Province. The research method uses a qualitative descriptive approach. Determination of informants is done purposively. Collecting data using observation, and interviews. The results of this study use 5 dimensions in service quality, namely: (1) Tangibles (Physical Evidence), the results of research in this dimension indicate that the physical evidence in public services is still inadequate in terms of facilities and infrastructure. which exists. (2) Reliability, the results of research in this dimension are quite good, judging from the HR owned by the office. (3) Responsiveness, the results of this dimension study indicate the lack of responsiveness possessed by employees in the office. (4) Assurance, the results of this study indicate that the ability or friendliness of the employees in the office is good in increasing community satisfaction. (5) Empathy, these results show that the dimension of empathy in service quality is very necessary so that the people who carry out the management of the office feel appreciated.
Consumer Perception of Barista Services in Pare-Pare City
Authors: Winowatan Wim J , Suarta I Putu , Sukarana Murdiani
Published: June 2022

The purpose of this study is to determine consumer perceptions of barista services in Parepare City, South Sulawesi Province. The method in this study is qualitative using a descriptive approach. The method of data collection in this study was done through observation, interviews with a list of questions, and documentation. The results of the study indicate that consumer perceptions of Barista services have not been maximally reached in general, including the aims and objectives. Baristas do not understand the importance of consumer perceptions of service, especially services in blending coffee drinks. This needs to be followed up so that consumers or guests can better understand the existence and services of Baristas, this is because consumers or guests as coffee drinkers are not coffee connoisseurs and only choose the type of coffee provided. and still lack the availability of very limited and expensive equipment that is spent on each equipment needed.
Website System Design Using Agile Kanban Based On QR Code
Authors: Purwanto Alton Gunawan , Wijaya Ricky Yohanes , Timotius Timotius , Trisno Indra Budi
Published: June 2022

Business developments that occur today cannot be separated from the role of technology and information systems. The system that will be discussed in this journal is a Web-based Restaurant System that uses a QR code. This system will handle at least 5 types of users, namely admin, waiter, chef, cleaning service, and customers where the five kind of users have different access rights. Restaurant information systems using this QR Code can speed up performance in ordering menus, serving ordered dishes, paying bills to customers and cleaning tables after use. The use of the QR code itself is very suitable in the restaurant business and marketing practices because of its advantages, namely being mobile fried and easy to get information. This will improve the quality of the restaurant in terms of service and time. This Web-Based Restaurant Menu Ordering Application is designed using web programming languages, namely PHP. For the database, it will use MySQL and the system development method will use the Agile Kanban method which can help an organization produce software that has been tested and is ready to use. The results of the system design will be in the form of a comparison table for the old and new systems depicted by the PIECES table, then UML for system modeling, and website interface. The system created will help in reducing the amount of paper used for order receipts. In addition, users can also order menus during the COVID-19 pandemic with restaurants that use this system.
Development of a Village Information System for Acceleration of Village Services in Desa Tegal Kecamatan Kemang Bogor
Authors: Ardiansyah Deden , Harsani Prihastuti , Tosida Eneng Tita , Saputra Abimanyu Oki , Bhayangkari Andhika
Published: June 2022

The Village Information System (SID) is an information system that changes raw data into ready-to-use information. In addition, SID will provide convenience to village officials in providing services to the community. The development of this SID is expected to be able to provide acceleration and improve the performance of village officials in terms of service quality to the community, productivity, responsiveness, responsibility and productivity. The development of a village information system in service activities in Tegal village is a transformation from manual to computerized, so systematic efforts are needed in the preparation involving subjects, objects and methods related to the transformation process. The development of the village information system uses the software development life cycle (SDLC). Efforts to control the quality of the Tegal Village Information System use four characteristics of ISO 9126, to know that the parts in the application system have correctly displayed error messages if an error occurs in inputting data.The result of this service activity is that every Village Apparatus can understand the material that has been submitted and can practice the results of the village administration work in a computerized manner based on the Village Information System.
Music Genre Recommendations Based on Spectrogram Analysis Using Convolutional Neural Network Algorithm with RESNET-50 and VGG-16 Architecture
Authors: Purnama Nyoman
Published: June 2022

Recommendations are a very useful tool in many industries. Recommendations provide the best selection of what the user wants and provide satisfaction compared to ordinary searches. In the music industry, recommendations are used to provide songs that have similarities in terms of genre or theme. There are various kinds of genres in the world of music, including pop, classic, reggae and others. With genre, the difference between one song and another can be heard clearly. This genre can be analyzed by spectrogram analysis. In this study, a spectrogram analysis was developed which will be the input feature for the Convolutional Neural Network. CNN will classify and provide song recommendations according to what the user wants. In addition, testing was carried out with two different architectures from CCN, namely VGG-16 and RESNET-50. From the results of the study obtained, the best accuracy results were obtained by the VGG-16 model with 20 epochs with accuracy 60%, compared to the RESNET-50 model with more than 20 epochs. The results of the recommendations generated on the test data obtained a good similarity value for VGG-16 compared to RESNET-50.