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The article presents an interview with Andrei Ovcharov of the IBR, a company analyzing the problems of nuclear power engineering in Russia. He emphasizes that the summit meeting of the Group of Eight in Saint Petersburg will include the problems of nuclear power engineering. He expresses his views on the move of Russian President Vladimir Putin to create centers to enrich uranium and store nuclear waste. He comments on the position of nuclear power engineering in the Russian economy.

Analyzes the motive of the strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the European Union. Proposal for creating an open and integrated market that will give producers favorable chances for cooperation, provide investment protection for investors and guarantee consumers high standards and quality of goods; Impact of the lack of a strict ecological legislation on the ecological situation in cities; Implications of the collapse of the Euroconstitution referendum in France for the Russian foreign policy.

Discusses the reconciliation of the U.S. and Europe. Impact of the decision of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to carry out a military intervention in Iraq on its relation with Europe; Difference of the views of the countries on world order principles; Basis of the agenda of the visit of Bush in Europe.

Interviews Fareed Zakaria, editor of the periodical "Newsweek International," on U.S. international relations. Chances for co-existence between the U.S. and the Muslim East after the 2003 war in Iraq; Sufficiency of the leadership against terrorism asserted by the U.S.; Alleged establishment of world hegemony by the country.

Discusses the relationship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with Russia. List of countries that joined NATO in April 2004; Percentage of Russians who are convinced that the enlargement of NATO threatens Russia's national interests; Aim of the antiterrorist operations of NATO.

Discusses the role of Europe in world politics in the contemporary world. Geopolitical aims and intentions of the U.S.; International relations between Europe and the U.S.; Three possible options for a European identity in foreign policy issues.

Argues that the present-day world is not a world under globalization and that the only real problem is intercivilizational conflict. Basic values of the Western society; Examination of the dimensions of globalization; Possible scenarios of the development of the future intercivilizational conflict.