Training course program The program was developed at the Department of Oriental Studies of MGIMO University Russian Foreign Ministry The program was compiled by M. A. Sapronova, Ph. D., with the participation of V. Ya. Belokrenitsky, Ph. D., S. B. Druzhilovsky, Ph. D., L. M. Efimova, Ph. D., I. D. Zvyagelskaya, and N. V. Stepanova. Reviewers: Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences A. D. Voskresensky, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences V. E. Dontsov. ORGANIZATIONAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SECTION International relations at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries are characterized by a clash of various ideological and socio-political trends and trends that are ambiguous and contradictory. Globalization as the main trend of the world development of the new millennium is opposed by the trend associated with the search for national identity, alternative ways of development, and different models of interaction with the outside world. The most important trend in the life of the Eastern countries is the growing influence of traditional historical factors on their social development and foreign policy. In a large group of Afro-Asian States, this type of factor is Islam, whose influence on modern politics has acquired an international scale. In modern international relations, Islam is represented by such subjects of political action as Muslim states, international intergovernmental organizations of Muslim states, Islamic international non-governmental organizations and foundations. Islamic organizations and movements that have emerged in a Muslim country but spread their activities far beyond its borders, as well as Islamic organizations and movements whose activities are limited to one country, but have a wide international resonance, become a factor in international life. The modern period of "Islamization" is characterized by attempts to put into practice an "Islamic project" that includes certain forms of interaction between religion and politics, religion and the state ("Islamic state"), the r ... Read more