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Alexander Lukin took part in the conference and celebrations dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the outstanding Chinese thinker and public figure of the 20th century Liang Shuming, organized by the Qufu Normal University and the Society for the Study of Confucius of Shandong Province.

Session 'Western Politics and Institutions in New Reality' which took place on the first day of the conference, on the 30^th of November 2023 (moderator Galina Nikiporets-Takigawa) brought together scientists from the Department of International Regional Studies, other Departments of WE&IA Faculty, and other major research centers working in the field of research of the ‘world minority’. 

The section “North-East Asia (China, North and South Korea, Japan, Mongolia): Regional Asymmetries, Challenges and Security Resources” was moderated by Prof. S.G. Luzyanin (HSE University) and took place within the framework of the study of Russia's East Asian pivot, the specifics of China's rise in the region and the world, and Korean, Japanese, and Mongolian regional issues. Twelve speakers, representing HSE University, MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, focused on the key issues of the conference agenda – the reaction of the World's majority in new realities. The section's task was to shed light on the specifics of country and regional processes, large infrastructure projects (the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, Tumangan, etc.) in Northeast Asia, using examples from China, Japan, South Korea, and Mongolia.

The meeting was held on December 1 in an online format as part of the Conference of Young Researchers.

The section took place on the first day of the conference.

On December 1^st, the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE University received Latin American diplomats and scholars to conduct a debate the role of the region in the formation of a multipolar world. The debate “Latin America in the Context of Formation of the World Multipolarity” was held under the auspices of the 5^th International Conference “The World Majority in New Realities: the Regional Dimension”.

The section was held on November 30, 2023. It focused on building a conceptual framework for regional studies as a separate scientific direction.

Anton Klyuev, fifth-year student of the Bachelor’s in Asian and African Studies, and Artem Saenko, graduate of the same programme, have won the European round of the Qatar’s Debate competition, beating 11 teams from non-Arabic-speaking countries.

On December 1, 2023, the head of the Department of International Relations, Head of the International Laboratory for Research on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism, Professor Alexander Lukin, gave a public lecture on the topic “Chinese-Russian relations: continuity and change” at the Baptist University of Hong Kong. 

Professor Alexander Lukin gave a lecture on the topic “Russian Sinology and the influence of Russian culture in China” at the Faculty of Russian Language, School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China).