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On Monday, January 24, 2022, the Department of International Relations and the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism held the 33rd session of Eurasian Online Seminar.

Lev Sokolshchik, an Associate Professor of the School of International Regional Studies, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) took part in the second ACONA Boot Camp (January 10-14, 2022) as a member of the organizing team and a supervisor of the international research group focused on the prospects for concluding a new arms control treaty. The activities at the camp included a series of presentations of the scientific projects' results of the ACONA fellows, discussions with the world’s leading experts in the fields of international relations and arms control, master classes, and exercises to develop negotiation skills.

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the Department of International Relations and the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism held the 32nd session of Eurasian Online Seminar.

Associate Director of Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies Dmitriy Suslov expressed his opinion on tensions between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States in an article for the New York Times magazine. Basic ideas:
-A hypothetical Russian invasion of Ukraine would not undermine the security of the United States 
-The overall logic of Russian actions is that it is the U.S. and NATO that must pay a high price
-Beyond a more threatening Russian military posture, the United States would be particularly sensitive to closer military cooperation between Russia and China. 
-The United States does not want to increase its military presence in Europe, as this would be done at the cost of containing China

New interview with S.A. Karaganov, scientific head of the Faculty of WE&IA, by Vitaly Tseplyayev "NATO is Cancer. Will We Cure It" (originally published in Russian in “Argumenty i Fakty” #03, on January 19, 2022.

On Saturday, January 15, 2022, WE Associate professor Andrej Krickovic participated in an online workshop, “International Organizations and Peaceful Change”, organized by T.V. Paul (McGill University). Kai He (Griffiths University), and Anders Wivel (University of Copenhagen).

On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the Bulgarian Club of the HSE and the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism under the auspices of the Department of International Relations held a seminar on the topic “The EU and NATO - Complementary or Future Competition”.

Main ideas:       
- The purpose of the alliance between China and Russia is national development and ensuring the security of the countries
- Regional cooperation institutions will retain their importance for Russia 
- The main challenge for the Russian Federation is the transformation of neighboring countries into a territorial military base of global powers
- Russian policy in Eurasia is aimed at building relations with the medium and small states. 

Professor A.V. Lukin, head of the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism and head of the Department of International Relations, published an article in Russia in Global Affairs.

Egor Prokhin, a postdoc at the Faculty of World Economics and World Politics, and a research fellow at the CCEIS, became the winner of the regional finals of the “Leaders of Russia” national management contest on the track “Business and Industry”  in the Central Federal District, the flagship project of the presidential platform “Russia - the Country of Opportunities”.