Issue № 63. August 2017

Round Tables and Panel Discussions on the Problems of Strategic Communication and International Security of the 3rd International Conference “Transformation of International Relations in the XXI Century: Challenges and Prospects” at thr Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Darya Yu. Bazarkina — Ph.D., Research Coordinator on Communication Management and Strategic Communication, International Centre for Socio-Political Studies and Consulting (ICSPSC), Moscow, Russian Federation.
E-mail: bazarkina-icspsc@yandex.ru.

Svyatoslav I. Degtyarev — Research Intern, International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting, Moscow, Russian Federation.
E-mail: svyatdegtyarev@gmail.com

Polina P. Karpova — Research Intern, International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting, Moscow, Russian Federation.
E-mail: pauline.karpova@gmail.com

Lilia L. Kulikova — Research Intern, International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting, Moscow, Russian Federation.
E-mail: lily.rock@mail.ru

Olga S. Polunina — Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Russian State Social University; Senior Researcher, International Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting, Moscow, Russian Federation
E-mail: polunina-icspsc@mail.ru

The article presents a review of the panel discussions and round tables of the 3^rd International Conference “Transformation of International Relations in the XXI Century: Challenges and Prospects” (Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, April 27–28, 2017). A wide range of issues related to security problems in Latin America, EU and Russia were on the agenda. The speakers paid attention to concepts of national and international security, military dependency in the context of historical development, psychological warfare amid social instability and geopolitical games, environmental problems and conflict, selective engagement etc.

Keywords

EU, Latin America, international relations, strategic communication, psychological warfare, environmental security, national security, international security.