Alex Battler


Alex Battler, known in Russia under the pen name Oleg Alekseyevich Arin, is a Soviet-born Russian-Canadian scholar and political writer. He is a member of the organization «Defend Science».

Life and career

Alex Battler was born in Astrakhan. In 1966 he entered the Faculty of Oriental studies of the A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University. After graduating in 1971, he enrolled in the post-graduate school at the Institute of the Far Eastern Studies in Moscow. In 1975 he was conferred the Degree of Candidate of Science, and in 1988 his Doctor of Science dissertation in the specialty "history of foreign policy and international relations".
In 1993 he immigrated to Canada where he acquired Canadian citizenship. In 1997 he returned to Russia and worked at several institutions of higher learning in Moscow. In 2001 he moved to the United Kingdom; later he lived for several years in France. Currently he has permanent residence in New York.
Through the years he held various positions at different research institutions: the Institute of the Far Eastern Studies; the Institute of World Economy and International Relations; the Institute of Social Sciences of the CPSU Central Committee; Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Institute of Philosophy. He served as Director of the Institute of Economic and International Studies of the Pacific Region.
He also taught as a professor of political science, economics, and international relations at several universities and institutes in Russia ; in Japan ; in Canada.

Work

The result of Battler's scientific work is a number of laws and regularities in the areas of philosophy, sociology and the theory of international relations; he discovered these laws based on re-interpreting key terms and turning into concepts and categories. The single most important among them is the category of force which in the book Dialectics of Force turned into ontóbia – one of the attributes of being, along with the categories of matter, motion, time and space. This attribute status of ontóbia enabled Battler to advance his own version of the Big Bang conception and of the Universe's expansion process. In the organic world ontóbia turns into orgábia. From the perspective of Battler's theory, life begins with man. The ontóbia theory also makes its possible to resolve the problems of consciousness and thought, of their qualitative differences and manifestations.
In another book titled Society: Progress and Force Battler formulated new definitions of the concept Progress and the forms of social forces' manifestation through the laws of force : The First Principle of social development, or the law of social force; and the Second Principle of social development, or the law of social knowledge. In the book On Love, Family, and the State he presented the laws of love and family, which are tied to the functioning of the law of entropy growth.
Within the framework of the international relations theory Battler formulated two laws: the law of geoeconomics and the law of geostrategy. He also introduced a new concept: the foreign policy potential of a state – and methods for calculating it, as well as the optimal proportions of expenditures on foreign policy in accordance with the state's foreign policy goals.
Battler also authored the 13 commandments of the roslyane, which he promotes as a replacement for the well-known Biblical commandments. In Battler's theory the roslyane are the people who should emerge in Russia after the current system is replaced.

Publications

Academic books (authored)

  • Battler, Alex. . Scholarica, 2023. - 236 p.
  • Battler, Alex. Contemporary international relations. Great power politics. Theory and practice. Lectures. SCHOLARICA, 2023 —498 p.
  • Battler, Alex. SCHOLARICA, 2022. – 496 p.
  • Arin. Russia:
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  • Battler, Alex. On Love, Family, and the State: Philosophical-sociological Essay. /Second edition. SCHOLARICA, 2021. –– .
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  • Arin, Oleg. Tsarist Russia: The Collapse of Capitalism. SCHOLARICA, 2020. ––
  • Arin. The science of God. Volume III. The philosophy of Christianity. M.: Publishing House ITRK, 2019. –  516 p..
  • Arin. The science of God. Volume II. The ideology of Christianity. M.: Publishing House ITRK, 2019. – 380 p..
  • Arin. The science of God. Volume I. The phenomenology of the Bible. M.: Publishing House ITRK, 2019. – 468 p..
  • Battler, Alex. Eurasia: Illusions and Reality. M.: ITRK Publishing House, 2018. – 136 p..
  • Arin, Oleg. My wife and me – agents of CIA. Moscow: Publishing House ITRK, 2018. – 416 p..
  • Battler, Alex. Mirology: Progress and Force in the World Relations. Vol. II. Struggle of all against all.. Moscow: Izdatelstvo ITRK, 2015. – 672 p.
  • Battler, Alex. Mirology: Progress and Force in the World Relations. Vol.I. Introduction to Mirology.. Moscow: Izdatelstvo ITRK, 2014 – p. 256.
  • Battler, Alex. Society: Progress and Force. A New Edition and Translation, New York, 2013. – p. 375. Book .
  • Battler, Alex. Dialectics of Force: Ontobia. A New Edition and Translation, New York, 2013. – p. 322. Book .
  • Battler, Alex. Society: Progress and Force
  • Battler, Alex. Society: Progress and Force / translated from the Russian. Moscow: KRASSAND, 2009. – 344 p.
  • Battler, Alex. On Love, Family, and the State: Philosophical-sociological Essay
  • Battler, Alex. On Love, Family, and the State: Philosophical-sociological Essay/ Translated from the Russian. Moscow, KomKniga, 2008. – 168 p.
  • Battler, Alex. Dialectics of Force: Ontóbia
  • Battler, Alex. Dialectics of Force: Ontóbia/ Translated from the Russian. – Moscow: KomKniga, 2008. – 272 p.
  • Arin, Oleg. The 21st Century: The World without Russia ; Second edition: Арин О.А. Мир без России. – М.: ЭКСМО•Алгоритм, 2002. – 480 с.
  • Battler, Alex. The 21st Century: The World without Russia. USA: American University & Colleges Press, 2004. – 388 p.
  • 21 Shiji: meiyou eluosi de shijie, Shanghai, 2005. – 438 с.
  • Arin, Oleg. The Strategic Contours of East Asia in 21st Century. Russia: Not a Step Forward
  • Arin, Oleg. Japan: View on the World, Asia and Russia
  • Arin, Oleg. The Strategic Perspectives of Russia in Eastern Asia. Moscow: MGIMO, 1999
  • Arin O. Asia-Pacific Region: myths, illusions and reality. Eastern Asia: economy, politics, and security. Moscow: Nauka/Flinta, 1997
  • Aliyev R.Sh.-A. Japan's Foreign Policy in 70s – early 80s: Theory and Practice. Moscow: Nauka Publishers, 1986
  • Aliyev R. Japan and the Soviet-Chinese Relations of 1931–1975. Moscow: IFES, 1976

Books for a general audience

  • Arin Oleg. Russia between East and West.. Moscow: Izdatelstvo ITRK, 2015. – 304 p.
  • Arin, Oleg. .. Moscow: Izdatelstvo ITRK, 2015. – 336 p.
  • Battler, Valentina and Alex. Opinions and Truth. Articles about Art and Literature. Moscow: Izdatelstvo ITRK, 2015. – 272 p.
  • Arin O.. Russia in Mundism.
  • Arin O. Destroyer of brains. On Russian pseudo-science
  • Arin Oleg. The Truth and Inventions about Tsarist's Russia
  • Arin Oleg. The formula of current Russia: marasmus in cube but with zero result
  • Arin Oleg, Alex Battler. Russia in Intoxication of Dollargasm and If-ism
  • Arin Oleg. Between Titi and Caca. The Impressions of a tourist... but not only
  • Arin O. Russia in the Strategic Trap. Second edition. Moscow: Algorithm, 2003
  • Arin Oleg, Valentina Arina. Between Titi and Caca. The Impressions of a tourist... but not only
  • Arin Oleg. Russia on roadside of the world. M.: Linor
  • Arin Oleg. Tsarist's Russia: Myths and Realities
  • Battler Alex and Valentina. Immigration to North America. The advices of Russian-Canadians

Selected academic books (coauthored)

Alex Battler is a co-author of more than twenty collective monographs and books. Among them particularly:
  • Arin Oleg. The Methodology of superlongterm prognosis ; Prognosis of the development of world relations in 21st century In: Astronautics in 21st century. An endeavor of a forecast up to 2101
  • Arin O. Russia's role in economic cooperations with East-Asian countries – In: New trends in international relations in Asia
  • Aliev R.A. Russia and the countries of Northeastnern Asia: problems and perspectives of economic cooperations . In: Economic interests of Russia in contiguous regions
  • Arin O.A. Russia's place and role in strategic doctrines and concepts of the USA . In: Scientific works of MNEPU
  • Aliev R.Sh.-A. Security and economic conjuncture in Pacific Ocean zone . – In Problems of security in Asia Pacific region
  • Arin O.A. National security: methodological and terminological aspects . In Political culture. Scientific works of MNEPU
  • Arin Oleg. Place and Role of PRC and Russia in Eastern Asia . In Orient and Russia at the turn of 21st century
  • Aliev R. Sh.-A. Authority and Science or What You Plant is What You Reap . In: The Heartbeat of Reform. Moscow: Progress Publishers
  • Aliyev R.Sh.-A. Glasnost' in the snare of foreign policy and international relations . In Glasnost: opinions, analysis, policy. Moscow: Yuridicheskaya Literatura Publishers, 1989: 220–37.
  • Aliyev Rafik. Problems of Security in Asia-Pacific. Chapter 3. New Delhi, Allied Publishers, 1987. – 184 p.
  • Aliev R.Sh.-A. Japan's Pacific Strategy ; The Pacific Community and the People's Republic of China . In The Pacific Community. Outlook. . – М.: Наука, 1987. – 352 с.

Reviews and interviews

  • Fursov A.I. Capitalism and International Relations. Rev.: Battler Alex. Mirology: Progress and Force in the World Relations. Vol. II. Struggle of all against all. Moscow: ITRK, 2015 // «Knowledge. Understanding. Science», # 4, 2015.
  • Fursov A.I. Into the abyss with capitalism. Rev.: Battler Alex. Mirology: Progress and Force in the World Relations. Vol. II. Struggle of all against all. Moscow: ITRK, 2015 // «Literaturnaya gazetta», # 1-2, 21 January 2016.
  • Kirkus Review: Alex Battler. Dialectics of Force: Ontobia. New York, 2013. – 322 p.. New York, 2013. – 376 p. // https://www.kirkusreviews.com › author › alex-battler. Reviewed: May 17, 2013.
  • Facts against myths
  • Current feudalism
  • «Bits and pieces» plus democracy. – Interview published in Russian Journal
  • Yu. M. Baturin. A. Battler. Society: progress and force
  • Baturin Yuri. Progress as delta of life
  • Michail Kheifiz. One more – perhaps senseless endeavor to understand Russia by mind
  • Interview for «Dungfang Zaobao», November 11, 2004, p. 8.]
  • «We bury ourselves» // Interview for «Zavtra».
  • Sokolov B. V. Book Review: O. Arin. The World without Russia. M.: Algoritm, 2002 // Book Review, 16 January 2003
  • Yakovlev A.G. Book Review: O. Arin. Asia Pacific Region: Myths, illusions and reality. Eastern Asia: economy, politics, and security. M.: Nauka/Flinta, 1997 // «Problems of Far East», # 3, 1998.
  • Zagorskyi A. Asia Pacific region: scopes of the concept. Book Review: O. Arin. Asia Pacific Region: Myths, illusions and reality. Eastern Asia: economy, politics, and security. M.: Nauka/Flinta, 1997 // «World economy and international relations», # 6, 1999.