Eurasia Journals Library (UDB-EJL)

Eurasia Journals Library (UDB-EJL) offers critical perspectives from within Russia and China during a pivotal decade of geopolitical transformation. In today’s complex global landscape, understanding the authentic voice of Russian and Chinese media, policy discourse, and social science research is essential. This collection captures internal viewpoints on the annexation of Crimea, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Belt and Road Initiative’s expansion, the COVID-19 pandemic, and shifting regional dynamics—illuminating policy frameworks and social developments within these two global powers.

Covering 2014 through 2024—and regularly updated with current-year issues—Eurasia Journals Library provides a modern archive of five prominent titles, all in English. Weekly digests (Current Digest of the Chinese Press; Current Digest of the Russian Press) deliver up-to-the-minute coverage, while flagship journals from Russia (Far Eastern Affairs; International Affairs; Social Sciences) offer rigorous research and authoritative insights.

In an era defined by rapid geopolitical shifts, researchers and students benefit from direct access to these primary sources: they can develop critical thinking skills, ground their analyses in firsthand perspectives, and inform coursework and research projects in international relations, political science, and area studies. By combining timely digests and major research journals, this collection reveals how Russian and Chinese institutions frame domestic narratives, shape external messaging, and navigate crises.

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Eurasia Journals Library Titles

 

The Current Digest of the Chinese Press

Each week, The Current Digest of the Chinese Press presents the reader with a digestible collection of Chinese press materials, all in English. Selected articles cover a wide variety of topics, such as politics, international relations, security, economics, business, public health, environment, education, culture and more. The Current Digest’s mission is to provide the reader with a comprehensive, broad picture of the news published in China, be it domestic, international or related to other states of the Asia Pacific region. The Current Digest of the Chinese Press offers all readers, regardless of Chinese language ability, a much clearer and more robust view of the current Chinese reality and is a great addition to any English-language resource collection.
Also available: current year subscription

 

The Current Digest of the Russian Press

The Current Digest of the Russian Press (formerly The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press) is a leading publication in the field of Soviet/Russian area studies. Each week, it presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English. Intended for use in teaching and research, the translations are thus presented as documentary materials without elaboration or commentary. With clearly delineated subject headings, the Current Digest covers such key topics as economics, politics and political reform, foreign policy, international affairs, legal reform, public health, and other social, cultural and legal issues.
Also available: current year subscription | complete archive (1949-2024)

 

Far Eastern Affairs

Far Eastern Affairs is a quarterly journal of the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Published by East View since 2002, the journal provides in-depth discussion of Russia’s relations with China, Japan, North and South Korea, as well as other countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Russia’s relations with this region, and with China in particular, are key to understanding the shifting balance of power in today’s world. Far Eastern Affairs is an excellent resource for gaining insight into this region and Russia’s role in it. It is also the only scholarly Russian journal available in English on this region.
Also available: current year subscription | complete archive (1974-2024)

 

International Affairs

Offering unique, first-hand analysis of major foreign policy and security issues facing Russia and other former Soviet republics, the renowned journal International Affairs is the English translation of the Russian-language journal Mezhdunarodnaia zhizn, which is published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The editorial board of this journal is traditionally headed by the minister himself, while the journal’s contributors are primarily experienced, high-ranking diplomats. As such, International Affairs is an excellent primary source for anyone interested in the course of Russian policy in foreign affairs.
Also available: current year subscription | complete archive (1955-2024)

 

Social Sciences

Founded in 1970, Social Sciences was a tool for promoting the communist approach to social sciences worldwide. Since Gorbachev’s perestroika, however, Social Sciences turned into a vivid chronicle of the collapse of the old communist dogmas and the transition to new ways of approaching social, economic and historical issues. Nowadays, this journal presents the most prominent papers and studies appearing in the Russian Academy of Sciences Presidium journal Social Sciences and the Contemporary World. Covering the most pressing issues of Russia’s social and economic development, Social Sciences includes articles on philosophy, history, economics, politics, sociology, law, philology, psychology, ethnography, archaeology, literature and culture.
Also available: current year subscription | complete archive (1970-2024)

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