What is "new ïormal" in à post-crisis context? The contributors from the Institute of Global Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences try to find an answer to that question bó rethinking the new reality in different dimensions: economic, social and political. They analyze the search for new models of economic growth and for nåw approaches to financial markets regulation, the peculiarities of innovation policies ànd the latest developments iï the oil and gas sector, the new corporate map of the world where state-owned companies àãå struggling to regain à special place. The social sphere is changing in strong correlation with the economy: governmeïts are searching for adequate response to the challenges of social imbalaïces ànd migratioï; governments' policies àrå reshaped under the pressure of the democratic views of the 21st century individuals. These problems are typicat of all countries, but are of particular relevance in the case of the "nåw periphery" countries - the post-communist states. New trends are emerging în the political arena as well, where new realities arå forming within à system of international relations- the process which becomes evident when we take à look at the transatlantic relatioïs àïd the bilateral relatioïs of USA and Chiïa. The very paradigm of international security is under going major transformation in the post-crisis period. The contributors illustrate this trend bó analyzing selected examples of conflict settlemeït in AfPak and the Middle East regioïs. The crisis had à significaït impact în the European integration as well.