Interview with Alexander Orlov, Ph.D., professor, director of the Institute of International Studies of MGIMO University, chief editor of «Ibero-American Notebooks»

PRESENTACION EN LA UNIVERSIDAD MGIMO, REALIZADA POR EL EMBAJADOR DEL PARAGUAY, RAMON DIAZ PEREIRA, EL 30 DE SETIEMBRE DE 2014.

The paper analyzes the foreign policy of Spain of the period of government of Mariano Rajoy (from 2011 to the present time). European integration still remains the main strategic task of the spanish foreign policy. Spain increases it’s role in world politics and obtains a non-permanent UN’ s Security Council seat for the 2015-2016 term.

The author of the article scrutinizes one the most important measures taken by Raul Castro’s government within the framework of its economic reforms. The role of constructing a new port of Mariel as a part of the economic reforms in Cuba is analyzed thoroughly. The author comes to the conclusion that the economy of Cuba is developing in the right direction and makes some suggestions for further reforms and improvements.

The article analyses one of the most important international relations trends in Latin America in the early 21st century, the PRC’s growing presence in Latin America. The first part of the article deals with the historical background of the phenomenon, pragmatic interests of the parties and China’s skillful diplomacy with the second one concentrating on the comparative analysis of models of bilateral relations between China and the leading nations of the region.

The article deals with the problem of illegal immigration to Spain mainly from subSaharan Africa. It provides an overall perspective of the phenomenon in terms of its origin, development, stimulating factors. «Black» immigration is seen as an internal problem of the state and the phenomenon of international scope. Representatives of different political forces and social movements consider the problem in ambiguous way and there are different ways to solve it, but the question remains open.

The author examines the image of Spain through the megaconcept of fiesta, which determines many aspects of the national and cultural mentality. This concept reflects various vectors of quotidian life, religious and popular holidays with their complicated details and special dramaturgy, penetrates to every day communication and behavior. The research determines such Spanish extralinguistic realities as corrida, tertulia, movida, botellon, indignados, analyses the role of the theater, of “coffee culture”, of football and other phenomenons in social life and cognitive space of Spaniards. The knowledge of different aspects of fiesta helps to understand the word potential of Spanish language, its metafores, stylistic images.

The article considers the problems of renovation of linguistic education while Spanish is an instrument of professional and multilateral development of student’s personality as a future journalist.

The article is dedicated to the teaching of Spanish as professional language in MGIMO – University and to the analysis of a special methodology the authors suggest in their pioneering manual «Professional Spanish in the field of international relations. Levels B2 – C1» in particular. The manual focuses on the formation of linguistic and communicative competences that are necessary for students studying Spanish as the language of their future professional work in international area.

The proposed publication contains methodical instructions for students for selfpreparatory work and methodical recommendations for teachers on giving lessons using these tutorials for analytical reviewing of social and political texts (bachelor degree, level C 1).

The present article analyses the predicates of the “repentance” semantic field (arrependimento m, arrepender-se vr, estar arrependido) in Portuguese. Predicates of repentance describe emotional state with negative evaluation, the cause of which is in the past. The cause may describe actions, intentional acts and emotional states of the same subject only, and is conveyed in syntaxes by a noun or a proposition. Predicate of repentance is included into a “history” of human relationships, which has the causality of its own. Predicates of repentance may carry a seme of limitation (beginning), they are not dispositional, neither can they be graduated. The emotional state of repentance seldom manifests itself and is uncontrollable. The subject of repentance is passive. If the subject is active, and semes demonstrate controllability, the verbs change their meaning and switch into the domain of intentional predicates or predicates of behavior (action).

The article is dedicated to the scientific, pedagogical and social activity of the distinguished Spanish linguist, member of the Spanish Royal Academy and of the European Academy, Ignacio Bosque. A considerable part of the article is devoted to the analysis of Bosque’s views on problems connected with the display of linguistic sexism.