The book «World 2020: Russian and Central-Eastern-European» is written in the framework of the project realized by the Foundation for Prospective Studies and Initiatives and IMEMO RAS with the support of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. The publication consists of three parts: the analytical report, record of the international conference under the same title, organized in November 2009, and the articles of the participants of the conference.
In the report the authors analyze the key tendencies and factors, influencing the global developments and eventual scenarios for 2010-2020 with a special focus on the specifics, objective as well as subjective, of the vision, perception and participation in ‘world 2020’ building of the Central and Eastern European states.