Polis. Political Studies No 3 2018 Topic: Political Science for Bringing Russia and Europe Closer to Each Other CONTENT: PRESENTING THIS ISSUE Presenting the Issue (p. 6) WE IN THE WORLD, THE WORLD IN US Arbatov A.G. Threats to Strategic Stability – Imaginary and Real (p. 7-29) THEME OF THE ISSUE: POLITICAL SCIENCE FOR BRINGING RUSSIA AND EUROPE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER Fedorov G.M. Russian Federation in the Baltic Region: Political Relations and Economic Development in 1992-2017 (p. 30-41) Kolosov V.A., Zotova M.V., Popov F.A., Gritsenko A.A., Sebentzov A.B. Russia’s Post-Soviet Borderzone in Between East and West: Looking West (Analysis of Political Discourse) (p. 42-59) Gutorov V.A., Tarasov I.N. Post-Communism in Institutional, Ideological and Communicative Dimensions: Critical Notes. Part I. (p. 60-77) Fomin I.V., Silaev V.Yu. Armenian Nationalism vs. Armenian State: Cleavages and Coalitions in the Discourses on Sasna Tsrer (p. 78-92) Zolyan S.T. "Doublethink" and Semiotics Of Political Discourse. (p. 93-109) RUSSIA TODAY Samarkina I.V., Morozova E.V., Miroshnichenko I.V. Perception of Europe by Young Generation in the Context of New Reality of World Politics (The Case of Krasnodar) (p. 110-129) LABORATORY: CONSTRUCTING POLITICAL SPACES Gadzhiev K.S. Russian Federation: National State or a State of Nations? (p. 130-146) Zamyatin D.N. Post-City: Space and Ontological Models of Imagination (p. 147-165) REFLECTING ON MATTERS IN PRINT Khenkin S.M. Separatism against the State: the Case of Catalonia (p. 166-175) Kholodkovsky K.G. Complex Problems of Modern Public Consciousness (p. 176-181) Vodopyanov K.G. Suffering Leviathan: What Will Save the Modern State (About the Book by N. Noonan and V. Nadkarni) (p. 182-191)