World politics is an area that is developing at a particularly rapid pace. The emergence of new trends requires rapid reflection in the educational process, which is especially important in connection with Russia's accession to the Bologna process in September 2003. The first edition of World Politics was highly appreciated by specialists and was awarded the first prize of the Russian Association for International Studies (RAMI). Changes made to the second edition of the textbook affected sections relating to the formation and development of world politics, as well as theoretical problems.