Online conference of young researchers

The Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, organizes the Fifth Anniversary Conference on regional developments amid global trends. In an effort to discuss the most impactful processes in different regions of the world, as well as the methodology of regional studies as an individual research area, the Conference brings together top Russian and foreign scholars and their young colleagues.

Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students are invited to participate.

  • Section 1

    Joint session of young scientists (Dalian University - National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Section 2

    'Middle East Countries and the New Financial and Economic World Order: the Region's Potential, Prospects of Interaction With the Russian Federation'

    Central topics:

    • New World Order: how the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries see it, perception of Russian approaches
    • Multilateral formats: prospects for interaction of regional states with BRICS, SCO, EAEU
    • Trans-regional ties, formation of a new geopolitical space - Asia - Middle East, on the activities of the international expert group on this subject.
    • Prospects of interaction of the MENA region countries with the Russian Federation, tasks of the scientific community
  • Section 3

    'Western politics and institutions in new reality"

    Central topics:

    • Economic policies of Western countries and energy co-operation with the World Majority Countries
    • National and memory politics in search of identity
    • National and regional security strategies in response to the challenges of the reshaping of the world order
    • The European Parliament as an institution of Western integration and its future
    • The EU's latest foreign policy initiatives in relations with non-Western countries
  • Section 4

    'South Asia: Foreign Policy and Economic Priorities'

    Central topics:

    • India's economic growth
    • India's foreign policy in South Asia
    • Pakistan's growing role in international relations
  • Section 5

    'Consolidation or Fragmentation of the "World Majority"? Experience of South-East Asia'

    Central topics:

    • The ASEAN Community Project 2025: should we expect an extension? 
    • ASEAN-centric multilateral dialogue: maintaining or losing relevance to the region and the world?
    • ASEAN and its dialogue partners in the face of escalating international tensions
  • Section 6

    'North-East Asia (China, North and South Korea, Japan, Mongolia): Regional Asymmetries, Challenges and Security Resources'

    Central topics:

    • Russia's Pivot to the East: East Asian Dimension
    • Specifics of Regional and Global Rise of the People's Republic of China
    • Security issues in the region: challenges and threats
    • Korean Peninsula: opportunities and deadlocks of denuclearisation
    • Russia-Mongolia-China Triangle: Geopolitical and Economic Aspects.
  • Section 7

    'Latin America in the Context of Formation of the World Multipolarity'

    Central topics:

    • Political processes in Latin America within the scope of of regional and global development
    • Latin America as part of the new world economic order
    • Countries of the World Majority: building the South-South Dialogue
    • Russia and Latin America: Quo vadis?

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