Abstract. The article analyzes the basics of strategic thinking in international relations, in particular, in the US foreign policy. The author concludes that the US are ready to use force in any part of the world and if necessary -without allies and beyond limits of international law. The US arrange their regional priorities in accordance with suitability in deploying the most advanced armed forces and strengthening military cooperation. In descending order, these priorities are the following: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The US strategic documents show the certain degree of adaptability to the changing reality. However, as to Russia, a return to the Cold War language has occurred.Key words: military strategy, geopolitics, the USA, the Cold War, regional priorities, security issues. --" Abstract. In the past two years, the Sweden's and Finland's membership of NATO has been extensively discussed. The issue has become one of the priorities in the political agenda in both countries, along with immigration. According to Swedish and Finnish political analysts, that is reasoned by response to the Russian foreign policy activities, particularly in the Northern region. At the same time, there are significant differences in substance and form of these debates in each of these Nordic states.Key words: Nothern Europe, Russia-NATO partnership, peacemaking, military and political blocs, neutrality, internal political struggle. Council presidency (2015Council presidency ( -2017 to solve the country's internal issues related to the Arctic areas. The US Chairmanship is focused on three priorities such as improving the economic and living conditions of the Arctic communities; the Arctic Ocean safety, security and stewardship; and combating climate change. In these areas, the United States rely on constructive cooperation with Russia. www.instituteofeurope.ru/publications/analytics Keywords Abstract.The authors analyze the current situation in Europe in the context of the events in Ukraine and the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Western countries. The built over decades economic, scientific, technology, and other mutual ties are seen to be at risk nowadays. The maximum of political effort is required to cope with the situation, and prevent further confrontation and erosion of the negotiation process. Abstract. The mission of the regional integration is to create the most successful global strata, allowing the participants to enhance the positive and mitigate the negative effects of the globalization. The reference conditions have an impact on the model and mechanisms of the integration. The author formulates the four features of the Eurasian economic integration and refers to the useful experience of other regional associations.Key words: regional integration, Eurasian Economic Union, economy in transition. " " XXIII. -" " th February 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Both before and after his election, Pope Francis Bergoglio has proceeded from the teaching of John XXIII, the creator of the Second V...

For decades, the topic of regional integration has been considered in research through its economic benefits. The classic theories of customs unions and optimum currency area, together with, to a lesser extent, the new regionalism approach are based on analyses of potential costs and benefits of regional associations. Regional integration is traditionally understood as a way to encourage trade flow between member states, to facilitate more efficient allocation of resources by stimulating competition by increasing the capacity of the internal market. That is expected to result in faster economic growth and, consequently, increased per capita income. The 70-year history of the European Union provides sufficient research material to analyze whether economic benefits truly are the main driving force of regional integration. With this goal in mind, the presented article first sums up the key reasons for the post-war unification of Western Europe, then explores the position of the cost-benefit analysis in the theory of regional integration, and finally analyzes the degree of influence of welfare effects on strategic decisions of the European Union. The analysis shows that economic gain is not an immanent property of regional integration: it does not occur at all stages of the process and is neither its primary goal nor its driving force. Instead, regional integration aims to respond to the changing global order, i.e., help member states strengthen their international position and protect themselves from undesirable external influence. While economic benefits are also important, they are not necessarily the decisive factor.

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The increased economic power of the United States and their enormous golden reserves are the main reasons used by economists to explain why the Bretton Woods conference of 1944 put the dollar in the centre of a new international financial system. However, it is not clear if these conditions were sufficient for the introduction of a gold (de facto dollar) standard and excluded any other type of international financial order. The study of historical data reveals an effective diplomatic maneuver conducted by the U.S. administration with an aim to prevent a global transit to fiat money, to keep the importance of gold and to build a strictly hierarchical international financial system.

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