On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, the Department of International Relations and the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of the National Research University Higher School of Economics held the 27th session of Eurasian Online Seminar.
Lev Sokolshchik (Associate Professor at the School of International Regional Studies, Research Fellow at CCEIS), has been working as a supervisor of the international research group on the problem of a new possible arms control treaty since September 1, 2021. The group consist of young specialists from Japan, Iceland, the US, working in the fields of diplomacy, defense, and negotiations.
Vitaly Ermakov, the CCEIS expert, published the new study concerning Russian gas exports Key points: - Russian gas output in 2021 has reached limits of near-term productive capacity responding to spikes in demand at home and abroad - Russian gas exports increased robustly y-o-y, focusing mostly on Turkey and Germany - This has proven to be insufficient to meet the rising call on Russian gas in Europe in Q3, which contributed to a price spike - The configuration of Russian gas flows is changing, reflecting the shift in the geography of Russian gas supply
New article by Professor S. Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, "On a Third Cold War?" was published in "Russia in Global Affairs" Vol. 19 ∙ No.3 ∙ July – September ∙ 2021.
Valdai Discussion Club published "The Iron Frame of Eurasia: Achievements, Problems and Prospects of Continental Connectivity" report, dedicated to the current situation and prospects for the development of logistics and trade ties located both within the Central Asian region and beyond.
On September 9, 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 practice-based project «It's worth talking about», eptember 9, 2021, the Department of foreign regional studies, faculty of world held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, the former Russian Ambassador to Iraq, Libya and Mauritania Vladimir Chamov. The topic was: "10 years of the tragedy in Libya".
The paper is the outcome of the student research project “Doing Business in Asia-Pacific in the Age of Digital Transformations” (2020/21 academic year). The research was carried out at the School of International Regional Studies under the supervision of the SIRS professor Evgeny Kanaev. On September 4, 2021, the paper was presented at the Eastern Economic Forum.
As a member of the Project Affiliates team Lev Sokolshchik (Research Fellow, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies – CCEIS), took part in the work of the first ACONA Boot Camp, which had been held from 16 to 20 August 2021. During the camp, scientific discussions, lectures, reports, and workshops were held. The list of the participants included leading world experts in the fields of International Relations, Negotiations, Global and Regional security.
Miras Zhiyenbayev's article "Knowledge Brokers: What Eurasia Needs"is published in a new special issue of the "Russia in Global Affairs" journal. The issue is based on the results of the project "Management of International Crisis in Conditions of Global Uncertainty" of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy together with the Higher School of Economics and the Center for Liberal Strategies (Bulgaria), with the support of the profile committees of the Russian State Duma and the Federation Council, as well as the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the use of the grant of the Russian President for civil society development, provided by the Presidential Grants Foundation.
VitalyYermakov participated in the panel Diplomatic Energy Club-Croatia / EU Online, moderated by ProfDaria Karasalihović Sedlar Vitaly’s key points: - The finalization of Nord Stream 2 construction, now imminent, marks the success of Russia's strategy of minimizing the risks of third country transit. - This strategy stems from the fundamental changes in the geography of Russian gas supply and the new configuration of Russian pipelines that connect new productive capacity on Yamal with the target market of Germany with the shortest possible route through the northern regions of Russia and via Nord Streams. - Conversely, the irreversible decline of gas production in Russia's legacy fields in Nadym-Pur-Taz and ageing pipeline infrastructure leading towards Ukraine create constraints on future transit flows through Ukraine. - The characterization of Nord Stream 2 as a "redundant" pipeline fails to consider these important facts and leads to false expectations regarding the future role of Ukrainian transit.
