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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.

On November 5, at 15:00 in the HSE, with the participation of the International Laboratory for Study of World Order and New Regionalism, an open lecture was held by the professor of the University of Macau, Michael Share, on the topic “The Hong Kong Protest Movement of 2019:A Greek tragedy in the Making”.

The FinReg (Financial Regulation) blog, hosted on the website of Duke University, published an article authored by Eduard Dzhagityan, Associate Professor of the School of World Economy, HSE, entitled: “Financial Stability Needs Macro-Financial Regulation of Banking M&A.”

Postdoc at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism, Ekaterina Kosevich, a specialist in Latin America, won a competition for financial support for the preparation and publication of scientific review articles, announced by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), within the framework of which a review article "Cybersecurity Strategies of Latin America" will be published in the Russian scientific journal "IBEROAMÉRICA" in 2020. The scientific novelty of the work is determined by the fact that the article for the first time in Russian Latin American studies provides an overview of national cybersecurity strategies, which to date have been approved only in six countries of this region.

On October 28 the presidential decree awarded the honorary title of "Honored economist of the Russian Federation" to the head of the academic Council of the educational program “International trade policy”, Maxim Medvedkov, "for merits in the field of Economics and long-term conscientious work".

Igor Kovalev, Professor of the School of International Affairs and Alina Shcherbakova, Associate Professor of the School of World Economy, have recently published the paper “BRICS Cooperation in Science and Education” in the scientific journal “Strategic Analysis” (Q2).

On Friday, October 25, an open lecture by the French professor Thomann on the topic “Prospects for building a new security in Europe” was organized at the Higher School of Economics. Professor Thomann is the president and founder of the “Eurocontinent” international organization specializing in geopolitical analysis of the EU and Eurasia, as well as an expert in the field of geopolitical problems and development patterns of the EU, Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Maxim Bratersky, Professor of the Department of International Relations and Researcher of the Department of International Relations Georgy Kutyrev publish the article “The BRICS Trade Union and the Emerging Russia-India-China Security Agenda” in the scientific journal “Strategic Analysis” (Q2).

On October 10, HSE experts organized a session on “Multilateralism - Expectations from the new generation” within the framework of the WTO Public Forum 2019 held in Geneva from October 8 to 11. During the session, the prospects for regulating international trade and the need for the WTO reforms were discussed.

Eduard Dzhagityan, Associate Professor of the School of World Economy, published an article titled: ‘Shaping the EAEU’s Institutional Framework for Banking Regulation: Perspectives and Risks’ (International Organisations Research Journal (Scopus database, Q3), 2019, Vol. 14, No 2).