Пути к миру и безопасности

Aims & Scope

“Pathways to Peace and Security” [“Puti k miru i bezopasnosti”] is an open-access academic journal published by National Research Institute of the World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences and edited by IMEMO's Group on Peace and Conflict Studies. The journal covers various aspects of contemporary armed conflicts and other forms of collective violence, the problems of conflict prevention, management and post-conflict peace-building, and other human security issues at different levels of world politics. It is the oldest and, so far, the only academic journal in Russia specifically devoted to matters of conflict, peace, and human security. The journal's main goals are: To promote Peace and Conflict Studies as a Political Sciences/International Relations sub-discipline in Russia and to build and expand national civilian expertise in this field that meets international academic standards; To provide a public, open-access venue for both lead academics in the field and younger colleagues to share their views and expertise with our broad audience, that includes academia, foreign policy, security and non-governmental sector practitioners, students et al., and to promote critical debate on peace and conflict issues; To develop and popularize the human security approach to the study of armed violence, violence control, and other security issues; To encourage international academic exchange of views, discussions and cooperation on peace, conflict and human security issues. The journal also focuses on: Methods of peace and conflict studies; Global and regional trends and patterns in conflicts, one-sided violence against civilians, criminal violence; Humanitarian aspects of armed conflicts and conflict management; Terrorism and insurgencies; Peace processes; Violence control, antiterrorism, and counterinsurgency; The role of non-state actors and networks in armed violence and violence control; Political economy of conflicts; the links between armed conflicts, shadow economy and transnational crime; The role of technology in conflicts and conflict management; Non-violent threats to human security (non-violent crime, natural and technological disasters, pandemics etc.).

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