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An international student of HSE University’s Master of International Business Programme in the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs shares her experience of studying at HSE and transitioning to online learning.

On Friday, April 10, a new “Eurasian Online Seminar” was launched by the Department of International Relations and the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of National Research University Higher School of Economics. 

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”.

Eva Guerrero Forteza was born in Mallorca, Spain, where her mother, father and sister still live. Eva has a curious mind and a ‘wish from place to place to roam’, as the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin wrote. After earning a degree in physical therapy, she worked in Spain, New York, and then in France. But, Eva notes, she has always dreamt of learning Russian and living in Russia. That’s why she first came to St. Petersburg to study Russian, and, in August 2019, enrolled in HSE’s Master’s programme ‘Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia’ in Moscow.

Georgy Kutyrev, a researcher at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism, published an article about Spanish military-industrial complex at the Russian  International Affairs Council.

On March 10, Andrei Baklanov, Professor, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Section, School of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 1st Class State Counselor of the Russian Federation, former Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Assistant Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Russian Diplomats held an open meeting. 

On 5 March within the framework of the "Middle East Meetings" - a joint project of the Russian Middle East Association and the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and World Policy of the National Research University Higher School of Economics - an open meeting was held on the subject: "Idlib stumbling block" in the relations between Russia and Turkey".

On March 10, at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism, the report of the graduate student of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zubareva, “Transformation of Political Parties in Germany at the Present Stage”, was held.

On March 3, Masumova Nigar, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave an open lecture on “Russian-Turkish economic relations in the context of new geopolitical realities”.