V. V. Karyakin On the World Rating of Analytical Centers

Abstract: This article is devoted to the evaluation of the condition of and efficiency achieved by the Russian analytical centers. It is no secret that the analytical activities, which are a most important strategic component of management decisionmaking in the Russian state, are currently experiencing a systemic crisis due to certain clear objective reasons. The crisis that the Russian analysts are going through is further confirmed by the international ratings which, event with their political bias, still provide an objective view of the condition in which the Russian analytical industry is now and of its analytical potential. The methodology of this research is based on the systematic, structural and functional, and comparative political approaches, methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, modeling, expert review. It has been established that the Russian experts and analysts often lack a clear position on the matters they examine. Use of obsolete methodology may be observed with respect to analysis and forecasting political processes from their current state without taking into consideration the various forces acting each in its own direction in the situation of social and political chaos initiated by the information technologies intended for influencing the consciousness of larges masses of people and political elite of the countries with state and social institutions which are not fully formed yet. This results in a superficial analysis of the events which are taking place and unreliable forecasting of the political situation development in problematic countries and regions.

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