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The Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Asia Pacific Association of International Education APAIE 2025 Conference
Yulia Prokhorova, Director of the Center for International Cooperation at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and Oleg Korneev, Academic Supervisor of the International Relations and Global Studies (IRGS) program, recently visited Delhi as part of the HSE University delegation to attend the annual Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE 2025) conference.

“There is always the possibility that new ideas will emerge and that we should be open to these ideas”
Nivedita Kapoor about her academic path, scientific interests and “The Theory of International Relations” course

“The local challenges repeat themselves at the international level. If we cannot deal with them locally, we probably are going to have problems dealing with them globally”
Ana Livia Araujo Esteves about her course, the peculiarities of BRICS urban policies and why it is vital to be studied by IR students

Open Day: The Future Begins Here
On March 2, an HSE Open Day for prospective undergraduates and specialist students will take place — one of the largest and most significant events for applicants, their parents, and the entire university. Visitors will have the opportunity to speak with students and representatives of educational programmes, plan their admission process, and immerse themselves in the HSE University atmosphere for a day. The event will be held in Russian.

“The problem of water resource shortage is one of the main challenges of modern international relations”
IRGS students Timofei Petrov and Kirill Shurakov attended the conference “Water Resources in the Climate Policy of a Multipolar World” at the Russian Academy of Sciences

‘The laboratory is a team, where each researcher fulfils his or her unique function’
Dmitry Novikov on the Laboratory for Political Geography and Contemporary Geopolitics

Visit to the Oran Graduate School of Economics (ESE Oran), Algeria
At the height of the tangerine season in Russia, Oleg Korneev, Academic Supervisor of the BA programme “International Relations and Global Studies” (IRGS) visited Oran (Algeria). The province of Oran is the birthplace and the veritable capital of clementines, which makes visiting it in winter especially symbolic. But Oran is known not only for its sweet sunny citrus fruits, rai music, urban legends from the times of the plague, inimitable architectural blends and unique seaside atmosphere that inspired works of Albert Camus and creations of Yves Saint Laurent. This second-largest city in Algeria is also an authoritative business and cultural centre, and a major pole of research and higher education in the country.

"It’s Better to Ask All the Questions and Go to Italy Than to Ask None and Stay Home"
Taisiya Bakhareva, a third-year IRGS student, shares her experience of academic mobility in Italy and offers important advice.

IRGS students visited the BRICS summer school in South Africa
In early September, students Daria Gribanova and Alexei Vorobei took part in the BRICS Summer School in South Africa. They went to the event both as employees of the Laboratory for Political Geography and Contemporary Geopoliticsand as students of our educational program. Daria and Alexei talked about how this trip became possible, as well as about the peculiarities of this event and their emotions in an interview with the press center of the International Relations and Global Studies program.
"Studying Africa Is Increasingly Important for Understanding the New World…"
Lecturers of African Area Studies discussed the region's significance and their personal experience with African politics and culture.