Political Atlas of the Modern World

Andrei Melville is Professor of Political Science at State University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow Yuri Polunin is Chief Analyst of the “Expert” magazine and Professor of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University, Moscow Mikhail Ilyin is Professor of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University, Moscow Mikhail Mironyuk is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at MGIMO-University and Associate Professor of Polititcal Science at State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow Ivan Timofeev is Associate Professor of Political Theory at MGIMO-University, Moscow Elena Meleshkina is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yan Vaslavskiy is Assistant Professor of Political Theory at MGIMO-University, Moscow

Acknowledgments. Introduction.

1. Theoretical and Methodological Grounds of the Project.

1.1 Comparative Analysis Methods.

1.2 Methods of Multidimensional Statistical Analysis.

1.3 Overview of Precedents.

2. Indices: Rationale and Structure.

2.1 Stateness Index.

2.2 External and Internal Threats Index.

2.3 Index of Potential of International Influence.

2.4 Quality of Life Index.

2.5 Index of Institutional Basis of Democracy.

3. Country Ratings.

3.1 Countries Rated by the Stateness Index.

3.2 Countries Rated by the External and Internal Threats Index.

3.3 Countries Rated by the Index of Potential of International Influence.

3.4 Countries Rated by the Quality of Life Index.

3.5 Countries Rated by the Index of Institutional Basis of Democracy.

3.6 Correlations Between the Indices.

3.7 Correlation Between the Institutional Basis of Democracy Index and Democracy Indices of Other Projects.

4. Countries Classified by Principal Components Method and Cluster Analysis.

4.1 Countries Classified by the Principal Components Method.

4.2 Countries Classified by Cluster Analysis.

5. From Universal Comparisons to Country Profiles.

5.1 The United States in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.2 The United Kingdom in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.3 Germany in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.4 France in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.5 Japan in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.6 China in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.7 India in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.8 Brazil in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.9 North Korea in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.10 Myanmar in Multidimensional Classifications.

5.11 Russia and Other Post-Communist States in Multidimensional Classifications.

Conclusion.

Index of Countries.

Index of Names.