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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”.

Ziong Chung Hieu, from Vietnam, is the first year student of the ‘Economics and Politics in Asia’ Double Degree BA Programme which offers students a unique opportunity to pursue two degrees, one from HSE and one from Kyung Hee University. He originally enrolled in HSE’s Mathematics programme last year but soon realized that mathematics was not really close to his heart. Now, after switching majors, he is happy with his choice.

On February 20, an open lecture was held at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism by an associate professor at the Deparment of Political Science – University of Genova Mara Morini on the topic “Populists in power: the case of the Five Italian Movement and the League”.

A round table in memory of a famous scientist, economist, orientalist Leonid Fridman “Developed and developing countries in the world economic space” was held on February 7.

On February 14, an international lecture by Anton Vadimovich Polyachenkov, intern of the, “The Role of German Analytical Centers in the Formation of German African Politics (Sub-Saharan Africa Case)”, was held at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism.

Set to launch in the fall of 2020, HSE’s new English-taught master’s programme ‘Economics, Politics, and Business in Asia’ is now accepting applications. Students of the programme will spend their first and fourth semesters at HSE University in Moscow and their second and third semesters at Kyung Hee University in South Korea. Programme graduates will receive a diploma from each partner university. Professor Denis Shcherbakov, programme Academic Supervisor, explains what students can expect in the new programme.