In the foreword to the first Ukrainian translation of George Edward Moore's article “The Refutation of Idealism”, translators inform about George Edward Moore's life and his academic career, explain the impact of this article on the emergence of the analytical style of philosophizing and the peculiarities of the translation.
In the article, the author analyzes how the understanding of the concept of neutrality of European states and its implementation in their foreign policy strategies changes at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries, along with the change in the international system of relations. The interesting case of a truly neutral country is Switzerland, whose foreign policy behavior is a challenge to the negative expectations of observers regarding the pessimistic prospects of neutrality as an option for the implementation of the foreign policy course.