This volume of IMEMO‘s series «Global Development» is based on the agenda of the conference «Human dimension for global economy and international politics» which was held at IMEMO in November 2011. The collection unites articles of the new generation of Russian political scientists and economists researching various aspects of human and social issues of global, regional and national economic and political processes, as well as human security implications of international politics. Special attention is focused on social components of different of political and economic ties and relations among national, international and transnational actors and institutions and their interdependence. This edition is intended for researchers, political and economic analysts, high-school teachers, post-graduate students, as well as for journalists and a broader range of interested audience.