IfIS is @mgimo_en’s research arm & a leading Russian IR think tank, providing analysis to @mfa_russia & other agencies since 1976.
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1/4 On 27 Oct, MGIMO’s Institute for International Studies welcomed the 11th cohort of #InteRussia — a research fellowship for international specialists run jointly with @Gorchakov_Fund.
This year also marks the programme’s 5th anniversary.
1/4 On 3 Nov, MGIMO hosted the 24th MGIMO–China Institute of International Studies Russia–China Conference.
Held since 1996, the dialogue brings together MGIMO & CIIS experts to discuss key issues in #RussiaChina relations and the wider international agenda.
3/4 Further sessions addressed #RussiaChina scientific & technological cooperation and #ASEAN’s role.
IfIS experts Dr. Ekaterina Arapova, Igor Denisov @Igor_Denisov and Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova contributed to discussions on LLM regulation, tech cooperation & ASEAN.
4/4 The final session focused on Russia–China cooperation in Eurasia, the #SCO and Central Asia.
IfIS Leading Research Fellow Amb. Mikhail Konarovsky discussed Russian assessments of the SCO and political dynamics in Central Asia.
1/4 On 23 Oct, MGIMO hosted the int’l conference “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, RAS.
Focus: regional institutions, economic & energy cooperation, security & historical memory.
3/4 IfIS experts took part across several panels.
Dr. Alexander Knyazev and Dr. Evgeny Kozhokin joined a roundtable on #MemoryPolitics & humanitarian cooperation, while Dr. Knyazev and Dr. Ivan Safranchuk contributed to the session on Eurasian security.
4/4 Other sessions focused on the #SCO and CICA, economic development & innovation, energy cooperation and new security challenges.
The conference continued MGIMO–ICCA RAS cooperation on political and socioeconomic processes across Eurasia.
1/2 On 2 Nov, the IfIS ASEAN Centre hosted a delegation of Malaysian business leaders and entrepreneurs working in #DigitalTechnologies.
The discussion focused on Russia–Malaysia business ties, cooperation with #ASEAN countries and links between companies and universities.
1/3 On 28–31 Oct, MGIMO joined the Russian–Thai Investment Forum 2026 and Moscow Days in Bangkok.
The delegation included Olesya Pokusaeva, expert at the IfIS ASEAN Centre and lecturer in Thai at MGIMO.
#RussiaThailand #ASEAN
2/3 Olesya Pokusaeva spoke at the roundtable “Russia and Thailand: From Academic Mobility to Joint Training of Specialists.”
The discussion focused on priority areas for training professionals to support further #RussiaThailand cooperation.
3/3 The visit highlighted the educational & humanitarian dimension of Russia–Thailand ties.
At MGIMO, the IfIS ASEAN Centre, headed by Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, works systematically to advance Southeast Asian studies and academic cooperation with #ASEAN countries.
3/4 Fellows will work on individual research projects under the guidance of MGIMO scholars, including IfIS Director Dr. Maxim Suchkov @m_suchkov, programme heads and senior researchers.
The fellowship also includes expert meetings and a cultural programme in Moscow.
4/4 Since its launch in 2021, #InteRussia at MGIMO has hosted 89 young scholars, experts & diplomats from 39 countries.
Their research has covered Eurasia, the Global South, international security, emerging centres of power and new domains of interstate competition.
1/3 The revised English edition of the IfIS report “Post-Soviet States: In Pursuit of a New Role in a Changing World” is now available.
The report traces developments across the post-Soviet space from 1991 to 2026.
2/3 The authors identify three successive regional orders: the “Belovezha order,” the “post-Belovezha” order & emerging “Eurasian multipolarity.”
They examine developments across the western post-Soviet space, the South Caucasus & Central Asia.
3/3 The report focuses on shifting regional balances, external actors & domestic challenges, arguing that the post-Soviet space increasingly resembles a microcosm of a polycentric world order.
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