To a question of modern problems of geopolitics

Purpose: Research of geopolitics as phenomenon and geopolitical science in particular; monitoring of geopolitical position of Russia, the North Caucasus, Dagestan. Methodology: Historical and legal, system and structural and formally legal methods were used. Results: In article definition of a definition «geopolitics» is offered; the wide range of geopolitical interests of Russia in the Caucasian region is listed. The conclusion is drawn that many problems and threats have global character and therefore cannot be resolved and overcome by efforts only of one state. Plague of the XXI century - the international terrorism - cannot be «cured» by efforts only of one Russia. Without international efforts, assistance of the world community to modernization processes as within the country, and in the Islamic world, it will not be possible to eliminate the regional centers of terrorism. The developing situation in the modern world provides to Russia to strengthen the geopolitical situation and successfully to realize geostrategic objectives by means of active participation in regional projects of integration, use of the scientific, military and technical and spiritual potential for transformation into the authoritative geopolitical center of force. Novelty/originality/value: Article possesses the high scientific value as is one of attempts to consider geopolitical position of Russia through a prism of evolution of this phenomenon at the regional level.