Head of the project: P. Linke, V. V. Naumkin, M. Sanai. Moscow: IV RAS, 2011. 222 p. The reviewed collection presents the materials of the trilateral international seminar (Russia-Germany-Iran) with the same name, held on May 16, 2011 at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Duma of the Russian Federation, leading experts on international relations from the Institute of International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MIEMO RAS and MGIMO, teachers of the University of Tehran, the Free Islamic University, and political scientists of the Organization for the Study of Iran and Eurasia (IRAS), as well as the head of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation branch in Russia, Peter Linke, who initiated this conference. expert meetings. The published articles preserve the views and positions of the authors expressed in their reports and materials prepared for the seminar. The articles are mainly presented in Russian- page 195 ke, with the exception of selected materials from Iranian participants, presented in the English version. The collection opens with the article "Eurasia and Iran's place in Regional Cooperation"by M. Sanai (IRI). The author, noting the fact that the concept of Eurasia on the world map attracted special attention after the collapse of the Soviet Union, refers to the countries of Eurasia five states of Central Asia, three countries of the Caucasus region, the Baltic States, as well as Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. At the same time, other regions of Eastern Europe, as well as Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and China are considered as its neighbors. Answering the question whether Eurasia corresponds to the concept of a region, as a space whose population officially recognizes each other's way of life, has a similar perception of the world, and the events taking place on it find a common response, he writes that no. It is the lack of common views and cultur ... Читать далее