Asia and Africa: New “Global” Challenges

Abstract

The authors analyze the influence of cultural and civilizational differences between developing and developed countries. The Asian and African states are building their own alternative models of democracy and modernization, which largely contradict the individualistic Western paradigm. The section studies contemporary challenges which threaten security of the countries in Asia and Africa, to wit: terrorism, ethnic and religious conflicts, demographic and environmental challenges, energy security.

Keywords

• запад
• не-запад
• регионоведение
• политический процесс
• азия
• африка
• востоковедение
• модернизация
• регионализация
• демократизация
• новые вызовы
• терроризм
• энергетическая безопасность
• этнический конфликт
• экологическая безопасность