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On December 9, 2025, as part of the VII International Conference " The World Majority and the West amid Geoeconomic and Civilizational Transformations", a session entitled "Northeast Asia: Lines of Confrontation and Competition between the West and the World Majority" was held. It was organized by the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University in partnership with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS).

9 декабря 2025 года в рамках VII Международной конференции «Мировое большинство и Запад в условиях геоэкономических и цивилизационных трансформаций» состоялось заседание круглого стола «Курдский вопрос в условиях цивилизационных трансформаций», организованное Департаментом зарубежного регионоведения Факультета мировой экономики и мировой политики НИУ ВШЭ в партнёрстве с Центром ближневосточных исследований и Союзом курдологов.

The round table "Quo vadis, Iberoamerica? The Ibero-American World in the Context of Global Transformation and the Shift Towards Multipolarity" was held as part of the conference "The Global Majority and the West in the Context of Geo-economic and Civilizational Transformations". It brought together researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Spain, Colombia, Russia, and Uruguay to analyze the region's political, economic, and social dynamics amidst global changes. The Round Table was held in partnership with the Institute of Europe RAS.

On 9 December 2025, as part of the 7th International Conference “The World Majority and the West amid Geo-economic and Civilizational Transformations,” a session of the section “Geo-economic Features of the Emerging World Order” was held. The session was organized by the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, in partnership with MGIMO University’s Faculty of Financial Economics and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech).

On October 26, Professor Olga Volosyuk met with graduates from Indonesia who graduated from the "Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia" Master's program on the sidelines of the International Jubilee Conference dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the Bandung Conference.

On May 22, 2025, the School of Regional Studies at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, hosted an honorary lecture by Mr. Daban Shadala, Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government — the official governing body of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The topic of the event was “Transformation of the Middle East Region: Key Trends and Prospects.”

On May 16, the International Round Table “Chinese Perspective on Trump's 'Revolution'” was held, organized by the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) in partnership with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (CFDP).

On April 16, 2025, as part of the Oriental Studies section of the XXV Anniversary Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, a session titled “Asia and the Countries of the World Majority” was held. The session was organized by the School of Regional Studies at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University.