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On January 30, Farhad Ibrahimov, Head of the Head of the Iranian Studies Center at the Russian Middle East Association, an expert of IDC “Valdai”, held an open lecture on “Iran's relations with regional actors after the assassination of Kasem Suleimani”.

On January 30, Karamurzov Renat PhD, Professor of the of the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asia and Africa, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University (IAAS MSU) gave an open lecture on “The problem of multi-variant international economic comparisons based on PPP currencies on the example of the countries of the Greater Middle East”.

On January 23, an open lecture by Grigory Lukyanov - senior lecturer of FSS NRU HSE, researcher of the CIAS of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert, head of the expert club of the Russian Middle East Association on “Libya 2020: new features of the conflict and prospects for settlement” was held.

On the sidelines of the I international conference “Globalization in contemorary Asia”, a discussion was held on the political and socio-economic processes in South Asia.

On November 20-21, a discussion of the main political and socio-economic trends in Southeast Asia was held as part of the first international conference "Globalization in Contemporary Asia".

Session “Middle East” focused on the difficult and urgent topic of global and regional actors’ interaction in resolving conflicts and crisis situations. The processes of globalization for the Middle East and the North Africa region are directly linked to overcoming of old conflicts and settling new ones, as well as resistance to the wide range of security threats. Since the destructive influence of unresolved conflicts spread far behind the national boundaries and borders of the region itself, resolution of these conflicts is seen as a matter of special concern and conscious interest of both countries of the region, their immediate neighbors and also the main global actors.

During the panel sessions, 18 reports dedicated to the wide range of issues were presented. The vast majority of the reports concerned domestic and foreign policy of China at the current development stage and first of all, Sino-Russian and Sino-American relations. 

Researchers and diplomats from 35 countries and eight Russian regional universities gathered at HSE University to discuss globalization in Asia and how it differs from what is taking place in Europe.

By the invitation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in the Russian Federation and the Russian Union of Rectors, HSE University took part in the IV Forum of Rectors and Presidents of Russian and Ibero -American Universities, the aim of which was to expand cooperation between Russian and Ibero -American universities. The tradition of holding these Forums started in 2009, when the first such meeting was held during the state visit of President Dmitry Medvedev to Spain.

The School of International Regional Studies of the WEIA Faculty NRU HSE with the Russian Middle East Association conducted a screening and discussion of the film "Sons of the Cemetery" with the participation of the author, Anastasia Trofimova, a correspondent for RT Documentary.