On Thursday, May 20, an international roundtable discussion “Russia-Indonesia Partnership: Strategic Objectives of Development in the New International Environment” was held. The event was co-organized by School of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs NRU HSE and Center for Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
On Friday, 22nd of May thirteenth expert meeting was held in the framework of the online project of the School of International Regional Studies of HSE University. The invited expert Yonatan Freeman, Professor of the Department of Political Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem presented the topic “The US-China-Russia triangle, how did the trade war become an information war?”.
On May 15, as part of the on-line seminars “Contemporary Area Studies” organized by School of International Regional Studies, Dr. Trung Xuan Hoang, a research fellow of Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, made a presentation entitled “Vietnam’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”.
On Thursday, May 14, the regular online seminar was held as part of the project “Contemporary Area Studies” organized by the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University. This time, a lecture “India as a Great Power” was delivered by Sergey Ivanovich Lunev, professor at the HSE Department of World Economy and International Affairs, professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
On Tuesday, April 28, the online meeting of the project “Contemporary Area Studies” organized by the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University hosted the lecture “The Impact of COVID-19 on the New World Order” from Dr. Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
On Thursday, 23rd of April seventh online meeting with international expert Tetsuya Toyoda, Director of the Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Collaboration at Akita International University (Japan) was held in the framework of the project of the School of International Regional Studies of HSE University. The topic of the discussion was “Japan and COVID-19”.
On Monday, 6th of April fourth online seminar with was conducted as a part of the joint project of the Russian Middle East Association and the School of International Regional Studies of HSE University. The main speaker was Hany Soliman Kerba, Manager of Arab Center for Research and Studies (Cairo, ARE), who presented the topic “COVID-19: International Approach and “Egyptian Battle” against Pandemic”.
On Wednesday, 1st of April, in the framework of the joint project of the Russian Middle East Association and the School of International Regional Studies of HSE University, Naseem Khan Achakzai, Executive Director of Bolan Development and Policy Research Institute and Executive Director of the Center for Sustainability Research and Practice, the University of Lahore and his colleague, Hameed Khan gave the speech on two important issues: China’s increasing influence during the pandemic in South Asia and the peace process in Afghanistan and the changing priorities during the pandemic.
On Tuesday, 31th of March second online meeting with an international expert as a part of the joint project of the Russian Middle East Association and the School of International Regional Studies of HSE University was held.
This time Dr. Waqar Rizvi, Pakistani-Canadian broadcast journalist, TV presenter & political analyst discussed one of the most pressing issues in the Middle East, COVID-19 in Pakistan: Domestic & Foreign Priorities.
On Friday, 27th of March as a part of the joint project of the School of International Regional Studies of HSE University and the Russian Middle East Association the online meeting with Dr. Imad Rizk, Director of Institute for Strategic and Communication Studies in Lebanon (Isticharia-ISCS) was held on the topic “The Middle East after “Corona”: The Future of Syria, Libya, and Yemen in Balance of Regional Powers – Turkey, Iran & Israel”.
