The book of one of the leading Russian journalists and political analysts Vitaly Tretyakov contains his theoretical works written at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries. The works included in the publication explore the fundamental problems of Russian and world history and politics, propose strategic, operational and tactical ways to realize the national interests of Russia (the concept of "managed democracy," draft election programs for the presidents of Russia during the times of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, the concept of three-subject Euro-Atlantic civilization, etc.).