Russia in terms of global competition: ways of development

In the article, the authors show the agenda and content of the Eighth All-Russian Congress of Political Scientists «Development Policy, State and World Order», which took place in December 6-8, 2018 in Moscow. The Congress aroused great interest among the political science community and the media. More than 1,200 political scientists and politicians from Russia and 36 foreign countries (UK, USA, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Iran, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Ukraine, etc.) attended it. The largest international professional associations - the IPSA and the ECPR, as well as national associations of a number of countries were represented. Plenary sessions were held at MGIMO and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Topical issues of domestic and international politics, theoretical problems of the modern model of development, the role of the state and the structure of the new world order were discussed at more than 140 panels.