Africa and Asia in the Changing Landscape of the World

The International scientific conference “East and Africa in the Transformation of Modern Reality” held on December 19, 2023, was organized by the Russian State Humanitarian University. The conference participants from Russia, near and far abroad countries focused on the issues of modern development of African and Asian countries in the context of globalization and transformation of the global world order, which lead to the inevitable transformation of individual political, social, economic and cultural systems, create new development challenges and revive the factors of transformational historical influence. The conference comprehensively reviewed the modern experience of African and Asian states, for which the global transformation process has become a powerful challenge and has presented them with a choice: integrate into the new world order and gain advantageous positions in the world of the future or maintain status quo with the risk of worsening their position in a rapidly changing world.