On May 17^th a presentation of the book ‘Russian Tide’ by John Pepper, former director of Procter & Gamble, took place at the HSE.

On May 15^th 2011, a meeting with Lanny Breuer, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, and Loretta Lynch, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, took place at the HSE. The event was organized by the HSE together with the Transparency International Russia Center for Anti-Corruption Research and Initiatives and the Moscow Compliance Club.

Leading British newspaper, The Independent, has published a list of the 10 best atlases, which includes the atlas created by a team of authors from the HSE Faculty of Politics.

For over a year now John Nye, professor of George Mason University (USA), has been heading the HSE International Laboratory of Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms. During his most recent visit to Moscow, Professor Nye told the HSE reporter about how the laboratory’s work is organized and what staff it needs, as well as about its research and new courses, some of which will be launched in May.

The HSE International Institute of Administration and Business (IIAB) is launching a new year-long Masters in European Business programme which is open for graduates of the HSE as well as other Russian and international graduates. Irina Maltseva, Director of the IIAB, told us about the programme’s details, advantages and the application procedure.

This book directly confronts uncomfortable questions that many prefer to brush aside: if economists and other scholars, politicians, and business professionals understand the causes of economic crises, as they claim, then why do such damaging crises continue to occur?

A new master’s programme in International Business has been launched at the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. Irina Kratko, Head of the programme, told us about it.  

Some international participants of the XIII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development told us about their research and shared their views on the global economy.

On April 4^th the second plenary session of the 13^th April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development took place at the HSE Cultural Center.