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On January 25, the Faculty of Social Sciences held the first meeting of its interdisciplinary seminar 'Challenges of Social Development'. Boris Kapustin, Professor of the HSE School of Political Science gave a presentation on Interdisciplinarity as a Research and Teaching Strategy.

Transitional constitutionalism remains the subject of intensive political controversies. A conflict between the new legal regulation and the existing social reality can be settled in favor of either the former via constitutionalization or the latter via reconstitutionalization. Read an interview with Andrey Medushevskiy to “The Great Epoch”.

In 2014-2015, Russia's domestic policy was pushed abroad — first toward Ukraine, then toward Syria. In 2016 the Russian authorities will have to shift their focus away from shaping the world order and toward putting their own house in order. Otherwise, they will not survive. Read the article of Nikolai Petrov in the newspaper “The Great Epoch”.

Comparative studies of modernization in Russia and China  involves the broader spectrum of argumentation over  relationships between positive law, ethical principles and historical tradition, and  of their reciprocal relations and practical implementations. A number of problems have become particularly relevant to current transformation of both countries. Read an interview with Andrey Medushevskiy to “The Great Epoch”.