“In the days of the French Revolution ... The uprising of the people showed people how often it is possible to consider it impossible." Rear Admiral A.T. Mahen Mediterranean The wind of Arab deserts blows in the squares of European capitals. Soon, maybe we will talk not only about the “Arab Spring”, but also about the “Mediterranean summer” of 2011. Mass unrest (and not excluded, and the revolution) move from the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the North.

From the editorial office. The theme of evil is actually relevant not only for ethics, but also for current policy. Often it manifests itself in the most unexpected forms. Many experts have already noticed that evil was returning. But does political evil have its own specifics? If there are, are the legal and political institutions of the modern world ready to return the “political evil”? Can “radical evil” return in any form? How effective is the rhetoric of evil as a political tool?

From the editorial office. Just, on July 4, Russia-NATO was held in Sochi (the third in the history of post-Soviet relations with the bloc). Different issues were discussed, many of which decided to postpone before a meeting in Chicago, where in May 2012 the next NATO summit should go. However, among other things, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov expressed concern to the presence of NATO bases near the borders of Russia.

From the editorial office. The theme of evil is actually relevant not only for ethics, but also for current policy. Often it manifests itself in the most unexpected forms. Many experts have already noticed that evil was returning. But does political evil have its own specifics? If there are, are the legal and political institutions of the modern world ready to return the “political evil”? Can “radical evil” return in any form? How effective is the rhetoric of evil as a political tool?

Collisia with Valentina Matvienko is an X -ray, which managed to enlighten the disease of “controlled democracy”. The disease, which, if you call a spade a spade, is characterized by the feature that the power in the country, its agenda, is formed according to the results of a certain agreement of the narrow circle of competent persons regarding the imperative of the “desired” result.