1 / 2025 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Abdulaziz Komilov

History of National Diplomacy as Fundamental Legacy of Foreign Policy ...................................................... 5


Tanaka Akihiko

Speech Delivered at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (January 20, 2025) ...................................................... 8


Sergio Mariotti

“Win-Lose” Globalization and the Weaponization of Economic Policies by Nation-States .............................................................................. 13


Joscimar Souza Silva, Ulugbek Ishankhodjaev

Brazil and Central Asia: Prospects and Opportunities for Cooperation .............................................................................. 47


Zheng Nan

Mongolia’s Delicate Diplomatic Balance: Strategic Choices Between China, Russia, and the “Third Neighbor” .............................................................................. 56


Shi Jing

New Developments in the Security Situation in the Caucasus and China's Concerns .............................................................................. 68


Yang Zitong

Specifics of Rivalry Between Non-Regional Powers .............................................................................. 80


Miraziz Khidoyatov

The Alien Tort Statute, Customary International Law, and the Limits of UN Immunity .............................................................................. 102


Madina Abdullaeva

Modern Political Institutions in the Gulf Monarchies: History and Traditions of Governance .............................................................................. 126


Dmitriy Yefremenko, Behzod Norboyev

The Second Wave of SCO Expansion: Some Features of the Process .............................................................................. 139