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We present to your attention the fourth issue of the scientific network journal “Analysis and Forecasting. IMEMO Journal”. 

The issue has four sections – “Forecasting Studies”, “Development Trends and Risks”, “Dynamics of Social and Political Spaces” and “Global and Regional Security”. 

The authors focus on the potential of applying the cyclic-wave paradigm in political research and forecasting of socio-political dynamics; the role of bilateral free trade agreements with Latin American and Caribbean countries in China's struggle for global leadership; new trends in US public diplomacy after February 2022 in the context of analyzing the concept of “reputational security” by Nicholas Cull; the problem of the influence of video games with historical plots on mass consciousness; comparative analysis of the foreign policy and Arctic strategies of the autonomous territories of Denmark – Greenland and the Faroe Islands; nuclear proliferation risks in connection with the deepening of existing bilateral partnerships and new multilateral formats with US participation on security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.