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On December 7, 2021 the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University within the framework of the permanent online seminars «Contemporary Area Studies», organized a meeting with Farhad Ibragimov, the expert of Valdai International Discussion Club, Anton Baklanov, researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Alexander Kuznetsov, visiting lecturer at the School of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University.

On December 8, 2021, the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University within the framework of the permanent online seminars «Contemporary Area Studies», organized a meeting with Anna Belikova, chief specialist of the external communications service of the RT TV channel, lecturer at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Faculty of International Regional Studies in RANEPA.

On December 11^th, Vitaly Yermakov, CCEIS expert, spoke at the RAND Business Leaders Forum.
Vitaly’s topic was “COP-26 and Russia”, and his main points were as follows: 
- The results of COP-26 have demonstrated that the tradeoffs between growth and climate mitigation are real and difficult causing the international politics of climate change to lead to disunity in case of a radical and hasty transition. 
- An attempt to shift the policy agenda at COP-26 away from demand-side measures to supply-side pressure and restrictions, declaring coal the main “enemy” and casting any investment incentives for hydrocarbons as “inefficient fossil fuel subsidies” has run into the opposition of the developing countries that need to address energy poverty and maintain economic growth.
- Power crunch in China and gas crunch in Europe are powerful reminders that energy transition is going to be costly and volatile and is going to lead to political upheavals.
- Elections will be lost by politicians who placed their bets on the green agenda but failed to deliver energy security. 
- Russia’s energy strategy is evolving in response to climate change agenda but the official documents like ES-2035 are outdated and are no longer relevant. Russia’s recent policy guidance suggests the readiness for course corrections but also the intent to protect its vital interests. This results in pragmatic approach to energy transition based on Russia’s strategic strengths and free of ideological dogmas. At the same time, Russia’s leadership has realized that it must be actively involved in shaping the global climate agenda. Russia’s pledge of reaching net zero by 2060 will be achieved via a combination of processes, involving energy efficiency, greater role of natural gas combined with CCUS followed by a gradual introduction of hydrogen, new generation of nuclear, and increasing the absorption capacity of Russia’s forests. 

On Thursday, December 9th, 2021, International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) held special online-seminar with renowned experts from the Autonomous University of Madrid on: «Latin America's place in Spain's foreign policy interests: Madrid's view».

The Department of International Relations together with the International Laboratory on World Order and the New Regionalism and the Bulgarian Club of HSE held a seminar on the topic “European integration: Eastern European aspect” on Wednesday, November 24, 2021(18:00 MSK). The seminar was conducted by the Associate Professor of Honors in History and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University – Theodore Christov.

Deputy Director of the CCEIS Dmitry Suslov described a new direction for the development of U.S. foreign policy focusing on Biden's historical role as a follower of Trump. However, Biden is using a more systematic approach to implementing the chosen paradigm than his predecessor.
The main theses:
- We see a rejection of the universalization of the American-centric world order- Change of the vector of U.S. foreign policy development to rivalry with global rivals - China and Russia, which later became a new paradigm
- The previous foreign policy course has been replaced by a struggle against transnational threats and changing rhetoric towards European allies to a more benevolent one
- The leading U.S. forces are aimed at deterring China, consolidating the anti-Chinese coalition, weakening the trend of rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing, and confrontation with Russia
- The U.S. strives to increase its presence, circle of partners, and military and political obligations in Asia

The CCEIS is happy to share some crucial news. Director of the CCEIS Anastasia Likhacheva has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics. Vasily Kashin is now the new director of the CCEIS. He is a leading Sinologist, an expert on military-strategic issues, the former deputy director of the CCEIS, and the head of the sector of international military-political and military-economic issues. At the CCEIS, Vasily Kashin was in charge of multiple applied research projects. He also led a team of employees and postdocs, which launched a series of regular monitoring sessions on various aspects of China's development.

On Monday, 15 November 2021, The Department of International Relations and International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) held the 29th session of Eurasian Online Seminar.

S.A.Karaganov leaves the post of dean, but remains the scientific director of the Faculty of WE&IA.

On November 2, 2021 the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University within the framework of the permanent online seminars «Contemporary Area Studies», organized a meeting with Maxim Smirnov, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Regional Studies, Political Science and Eastern Philosophy, Chelyabinsk State University; Chairman of the Chelyabinsk Department of the Interregional Public Organization "Association of Japanese Studies"; member of the Expert Council for the State Religious Expertise at the Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the Chelyabinsk Region. The topic was «Contemporary International Regional Studies».