The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015, cover a wide range of challenges faced by developing and developed countries alike. The Agenda 2030 is focused on fighting poverty in all its manifestations through the implementation of strategies for sustainable economic growth. The SDGs are relevant on both international and national levels. This article discusses the policy of the six major foreign aid donors in achieving the SDGs both domestically and abroad. The countries selected for the analysis include three major developed donors: Germany, Canada, and Japan, as well as three new developing donors: Brazil, India, and China. The comparative analysis was based on such aspects of the national policy aimed at achieving the SDGs as: a) SDGs inclusion into national conceptual and strategic documents; b) institutional organization and social partners engagement; c) integration of the SDG priorities into foreign aid strategies; d) official ODA motivation; e) and the quality of communication policy on the SDGs implementation. Based on a review of the aforementioned countries' experience in localizing the SDGs, the author makes recommendations to advance this agenda in the Russian Federation.

This article considers "soft" and "smart power" through the prism of current ideological concepts informing the foreign policy of the People's Republic of China (PRC) -specifically, the "community of common destiny" and the "One Belt One Road." The author argues that China is drawing on new theoretical approaches to strengthen its state power and its influence on strategic territories in Asia-Pacific and South East Asia. For the effective and efficient advancement of its national interests China has to overcome significant "path dependence" in the regional relations towards its policy.Chinese authorities clearly understand that it is impossible to achieve China's goals without a significant presence in the socio-economic dimension of target countries and regions. In pursuit of this goal, China uses existing economic mechanisms (international trade and investment) and has also established new ones, including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Economic Belt of the Silk Road/One Belt One Road/Belt and Road initiative. These mechanisms supplement the value dimension of Chinese policy.China is working to create an institutional system in which it can secure its influence and establish the conditions that will allow it to become a world leader in the future. Chinese authorities appreciate that, without a proactive strategy aimed both at the alleviation or elimination of path dependence and the establishment of a positive perception of its policies, the PRC will not succeed in strengthening its leadership. At the same time, the growing interdependence and interconnectivity between China and its foreign partners will increase the scope of opportunities for China to advance its national interests and reduce the likelihood of negative conduct towards China.

Implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is one of the key elements of the current international agenda. But some countries, in particular, the least developed countries (LDCs), face serious difficulties in doing so. Such states have very limited internal resources and cannot ensure their own development; as such, they require the involvement of more developed states. Therefore, a key factor to ensure sustainable development is the facilitation and widening of trade and investment cooperation with partners that can provide financing support for the most urgent investment gaps, demand for export products, and imports of necessary goods and services. Traditional collaboration models with partners from developed countries cannot fully meet the needs of the LDCs in the current international context. This situation provides windows of opportunity as new power centres pursue their economic and political goals. China (PRC) has a special place among these emerging powers. This article analyzes the economic cooperation of China with its 10 key trade partners among the LDCs (LDCs-10). The author suggests various rationales for the PRC’s cooperation with the LDCs, examines the importance of this cooperation for achieving the SDGs, and presents an applied methodology. The first part of the article covers the particularities and general assessment of China’s development finance. The author then analyzes the main aspects of China’s trade policy and its trade and economic cooperation with the LDCs-10. In conclusion, the author considers the dynamics of the key indicators of socio-economic and political development of the PRC and the LDCs-10 and evaluates the relative effectiveness and efficiency of their cooperation through the prism of the SDGs’ implementation.

The article analyses the factors influencing the emergence of digital health at the present stage, examining the e-health ecosystem, its main modules and their impact on the effectiveness of patient relationships. Some of the challenges inherent in the process of digitalization of the healthcare industry are explored. The authors point out that a distinctive feature of the current stage of digitalization is the rapid generation of volumes of useful data, related to the processes of disease diagnosis and treatment. The dynamics of the development of the global digital medicine market in the period from 2018 is presented, a forecast is made for its development until 2024, including by market segments and regions of the world. It is shown that, thanks to digitalization, the healthcare industry is moving to a qualitatively new level of its development. The authors analyse the reasons for changes in the structure of the global e-health market, and consider some aspects of investment in this industry.

В статье рассматривается взаимосвязь процессов институциональных изменений в сфере обеспечения безопасности и политики «умной силы» КНР в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе (АТР). Основной акцент сделан на «практическом» измерении «умной силы» КНР в рамках анализа внешней политики Китая в АТР после окончания «холодной войны». Ключевое место в исследовании занимает изучение многостороннего взаимодействия по проблемам безопасности в регионе на площадках Ассоциации государств Юго-Восточной Азии (АСЕАН). Именно соответствующие многосторонние площадки с участием всех основных акторов являются базой и основным содержанием макрорегиональной архитектуры безопасности. Научная новизна настоящей статьи заключается в выявлении взаимовоздействия «умной силы» Китая и макрорегиональной институционализации в сфере безопасности. Теоретические аспекты концепции «умной силы» и ее связи с процессами институционализации и трансформации международных отношений были подробно рассмотрены автором в статье «Фактор "умной силы" в процессах институционализации международных отношений» 2. Начало статьи посвящено эволюции ценностного и идеологического измерений внешней политики КНР с момента создания страны и до настоящего времени на основе ключевых концепций и идеологем, таких как «мирное возвышение Китая», «гармоничный мир», «китайская мечта». Автором подчеркивается, что для укрепления собственной «мягкой силы» власти КНР используют широкий спектр механизмов и средств, как экономического, так и социокультурного характера. В статье выделяются узловые проблемы традиционной и нетрадиционной безопасности, определяются основные модели сотрудничества по вопросам безопасности и применения политики «умной силы» КНР. Отмечается, что, несмотря на существенный прогресс в сотрудничестве по проблемам нетрадиционной безопасности, институциональная эффективность в отношении традиционных проблем безопасности остается весьма ограниченной. При этом стремление Китая использовать собственную «умную силу» для противодействия враждебному влиянию на площадках АСЕАН приводит к эрозии институтов и снижению общей безопасности в макрорегионе. Также автор обращает внимание на то, что «умная сила» всех азиатских стран АТР ограничивается фактором суверенитета. Его нарушение или угроза нарушения могут девальвировать все достижения сотрудничества по проблемам нетрадиционной безопасности.