Fyodor Lukyanov

How are digital platforms contributing to sustainable development? How is international cooperation progressing in Eurasia? How should the Russia-India business dialogue proceed? HSE University's scientists presented their answers during expert discussions at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

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’.

On 8 November, more than a hundred people attended a meeting of the Lantern Discussion Club created by the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at the HSE and FOUR magazine. The discussion took place in the new format called Let’s Go Serious.

Sessions attended by HSE University experts at the recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum focused on the digitalisation of migration management, regionalisation of the world economy, participation of companies in global value chains, and many other topics. Below, HSE News Services covers some of the main sessions of the event.

Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics A. Likhacheva became a guest on the broadcast of the “Mezhdunarodnoye obozreniye” (“International Review”) program on the topic “The Future of the World Economy and World Politicians”.

The Department of International Relations together with the International Laboratory on World Order and the New Regionalism and the Bulgarian Club conducted a seminar on the topic “Russia and the West in a Time of Uncertainty?” on Tuesday November 29, 2022 (18:00 MSK), with the participation of Marlene Laruelle, Ph.D., a research-professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University and Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-chief of the journal “Russia in Global Affairs”, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy of Russia, research-professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

On September 16^th, the Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” Anastasia Likhacheva received the Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Henrique Cardim, professor at the University of Brasilia (UnB) and former director of the Research Institute in International Relations (IPRI) of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the prospects of academic cooperation.

On January 23 Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research University Higher School of Economics arranged Expert Panel on US-Russia Relations for the Stanford US-Russia Forum 2021 delegates. This Panel traditionally opens the series of SURF events in Moscow. This year the Panel was conducted online.
The speakers analyzed the current international context of the US-Russia relations, domestic trends in the US and their impact on the US policy towards Russia, prospects for the US foreign policy and US-Russia relations during the Biden Administration. After the discussion, which was moderated by Dmitry Suslov, the panelists answered the SURF delegates’ questions.

On December 16-17, 2020, experts, diplomats, regional and oriental scholars from 36 countries and six regions of Russia met on the virtual platform of the Higher School of Economics to discuss new trends of regionalization and de-globalization in the world development. These trends were vividly manifested in Asia during the last year - the period of extraordinary upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 19-25 November the X Russian-Chinese School on International Relations was held on the basis of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs.

The International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism and the Department of International Relations of National Research University Higher School of Economics held the 22nd session of Eurasian Online Seminar.

The American journal "The National Interest" published an article by Dmitry Suslov "Why the 2020 Election Has Become a Geopolitical Russian Roulette", which contains the comments of the research professor Fyodor Lukyanov, as well as the deputy director of CCEIS, Dmitry Suslov.

From February 25 to March 2, HSE’s Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs hosted an academic module of the University Consortium, an inter-regional training programme for outstanding students that aims to promote mutual understanding, balanced analysis, and genuine dialogue among the US, EU, and Russia.

On November 15, the official opening of the academic exchange program between the Eurasian Economic Union countries was held in HSE by Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) as a part of the research project “Developing a Modern Paradigm of the Development of the EAEU with Regard to Global Challenges”.

On September 11, 2018, Valdai Discussion Club presented the report called ‘Toward the Great Ocean – 6: People, History, Ideology, Education. Rediscovering the Identity’.

On May 22 the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs hosted the roundtable discussion with the delegation from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy dedicated to the future world order and the US-Russian relations.

The report by Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Professor of the Department of International Relations at National Research University Higher School of Economics. Published by Council on Foreign Relations, February 23, 2018.

The North Korean nuclear missile crisis has no easy solution, but managing it is both possible and necessary. And if Russia does this skilfully it will strengthen its position in Asia-Pacific and mark another step away from US hegemony in international affairs.