Russian postdoc of School of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs National research University Higher School of Economics, PhD in Law, associate professor Irina Strelnikova successfully took part as a guest lecturer at the First Winter School in Political Economy, held from 4 to 18 February 2021 at Allameh Tabataba'i University in partnership with Universities from Iran and Russia.
On Thursday, May 28, within the framework of the project “Contemporary Area Studies” organised by the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University a well-known Pakistani social scientist, book critic and translator Raza Naeem presented a lecture «Coronavirus and Its Discontents: National and Global Ramifications and the Way Forward».
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 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”.
