THE EURASIAN RESPONSE TO THE MODERN CHALLENGES as the form of modernization of post-soviet Russia

The article presents the problem of the Russian organic and catching-up modernization after the collapse of the USSR. The main challenges of modernity that Russia must respond to are highlighted: globalization, post-industrialization, international terrorism and others. The Eurasian response of post-Soviet Russia to the challenges of modernity is introduced as the form of current modernization. The dynamism of the Western countries widens the gap between the Western and Non-Western countries, contributes to the westernization of the Non-Western countries, leading to the loss of their identity and causing a conflict between them. Post-Soviet Russia has partly lagged behind the dynamically developing West. Russia requires catching-up modernization which simultaneously will not cause damage to its originality and identity. This variant of modernization might be introduced in the Eurasian form. The consciousness of the necessary modernization in all of the spheres of the Russian society makes it choose its own historical way of development, which has to be an effective response to global challenges.

modernization, challenges-responds, eurasianism, globalization, civilization