Sergey A. Karaganov

On July 1, 2024, the opening ceremony of the XI International Russian-Chinese Summer School on International Relations, titled ‘Partnership and Cooperation in the New World Order,’ took place. The event was organised by the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs in collaboration with HSE Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS). Graduate and postgraduate students from various countries have come to Moscow to study international relations and collectively envision a new world order.

A new interview with S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, "Nuclear escalation may open Pandora’s box, but it will also free the world from the 500-year-long Western yoke" was published in Russian on Ukraina.ru website (“Russia Today”) on June 21, 2024.

At the plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russian President Vladimir Putin participated alongside the Presidents of Bolivia and Zimbabwe, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora and Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. For the first time, a representative from HSE University—Sergey Karaganov, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and HSE’s distinguished professor—served as the moderator of the plenary session.

A new interview with S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, was published in Al Mayadeen on May 9, 2024.

A new interview with S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, was published in “Argumenty Nedeli” newspaper (№17(914), May 3, 2024).

A new article by S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, "An Age of Wars? Article Two. What Is to be Done" is to be published in the next issue of “Russia in Global Affairs” journal.

A new interview with S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affair, was published in Spanish digital newspaper “El Confidencial” on February 18, 2024.

A new article by S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affair, “An Age of Wars? Article One” was published on “Russia in Global Affairs” website on January 1, 2024.

A full version of the article by S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affair, “How to Prevent a Third World War” was published on “Russia in Global Affairs” website on September 26, 2023.

New interview with S. Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affair, “A Controlled Burn or Go to Rack and Ruin” was published in Russian newspaper “Argumenty i Fakty” on July 12, 2023.

A new article by Sergey Karaganov, Professor Emeritus, Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, was originally published in Russian in a business newspaper “Profile” on June 13, 2023.

In late April, the official opening ceremony of Russia’s first intensive student workshop ‘Chinese Perspective’, organised jointly by the HSE University Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs (WEIA), the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, and the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS), took place. The intensive course will allow students to explore Chinese business culture and acquire the skills to work and do business in China.

The final session of the IV International Conference “The World Majority in Contemporary International Realities: From Fragmentation to the New Institution” on December 2, 2022 was focused on the discussion of the relationship between the internationalpolitical changes and domestic political processes in the Western countries at the present stage. Section «End of Big Europe» was organized together with colleagues from the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The scientific head of the Faculty of World Economy and international Affairs, HSE University Dr. Sergey Karaganov took part in the work of the section.

On December 1-2, the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University in partnership with the Institute of Oriental Studies, the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, the Institute of Latin America, and the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences held the 4th International Conference “The world majority in the contemporary international realities: from fragmentation to new institutionalization”.

Russia's pivot to the East requires balanced actions, as well as knowledge of the languages, cultures, and traditions of Asian countries. Without this, Russian businesses will not be able to work there effectively. Experts and government representatives discussed the issue and the experience of Russia's regions working in Asia at ‘The Pivot to the East: The Regional Dimension’, the first interregional conference held by HSE University with the support of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development.

Today, Russia is striving to develop its relationships with the countries of East and South Asia and the Middle East. Politicians, diplomats, and businesspeople need to be aware of the specifics of Eastern states, their traditions and culture. To develop a new level of relations, it is important to provide high-quality education for Asian studies specialists. This was discussed at the First International Academic Conference ‘Oriental Civilisations: A View from the 21st Century’ hosted by HSE University. The Conference was attended by scientists from Russia, China, Turkey, Japan, Iran, and other countries.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 the International Round Table “Islamic Finance: Theory and Practice in the XXI Century” was organized by the School of Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University.

The meeting was held in person for the first time in over two years. It was attended by Sergey Kravtsov, Russian Minister of Education, and Dmitry Smyslov, Vice President of VK. The Council discussed HSE University’s breakthrough projects in engineering and artificial intelligence and elected new distinguished and tenured professors.

Russia’s relations with Ibero-America go back more than five centuries and include more than 200 years of permanent diplomatic relations. The need to build a multipolar world and expand cooperation between Russia and the countries of Latin America—including in the field of science and education—was discussed at the Third International Ibero-America and Russia: Diplomacy and Diplomats Conference held at HSE University.

China and the Chinese world, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arab countries, Iran, Turkey, Central Asia and Africa are gaining new significance in Russia’s foreign policy. However, we do not know enough about the Eastern countries. It is necessary to change the priorities in education, starting from grammar school. Prospects for the development of domestic Oriental studies in the context of the new stage in the development of the system of international relations were discussed at a round table at HSE University.

There is major potential for economic and humanitarian cooperation between Russia and African countries. Particularly, Russian organisations and universities can help transfer competencies and knowledge in the fields of agriculture, energy, industrial production, environmental management, climate change, and public administration. Experts and representatives of African embassies in Russia discussed these issues at the round table ‘Russia-Africa Sharing Knowledge’ hosted by HSE University.

New interview with S.A.Karaganov, scientific head of the Faculty of WE&IA, «We are at war with the West. The European security order is illegitimate», was published on April 8, 2022 by Italian newspaper - Corriere della Sera both in English and Italian languages.

New interview with S.A. Karaganov, scientific head of the Faculty of WE&IA, by Bruno Maçães “Russia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory”, was published on April 2, 2022 by The New Statesman magazine.

New interview with S.A. Karaganov, scientific head of the Faculty of WE&IA, by Vitaly Tseplyayev "NATO is Cancer. Will We Cure It" (originally published in Russian in “Argumenty i Fakty” #03, on January 19, 2022.

New interview with S.A. Karaganov, scientific head of the Faculty of WE&IA, "Ucraina, gas e Cina. Parla Karaganov, il consigliere di Putin" was published by Formiche in Italian language.

Interview with S.A. Karaganov, scientific head of the Faculty of WE&IA, by Alexei Peskov "Three in a Boat, to Say Nothing of Europe" (originally published in Russian in Voenno-Promyshlenny Kurier, # 43(906), November 9, 2021.

New article by Professor S. Karaganov, scientific head of the Faculty of WE&IA, «Russian Foreign Policy: Three Historical Stages and Two Future Scenarios» was published in Russian Politics, 2021. Vol. 6. No. 4. P. 416-434.

On Wednesday, 15 December 2021, The Department of International Relations and International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism of National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) heldthe thirtieth session of Eurasian Online Seminarin the form of discussion panel. The topic for discussion was the presentation of the Special Issue of the Russian Politics journal (Volume 6 (2021): Issue 4 (Oct 2021) on Russian Foreign Policy, edited by Iain Ferguson, Andrej Krickovic, Alexander Lukin and Richard Sakwa.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global economic, social and technological transformations. Experts from HSE University and other education and research institutions from various countries discussed these transformations and other relevant trends for the future at the 3rd International Conference ‘East and West at the Stage of New Transformations: The Post-Covid Changes’.

S.A.Karaganov leaves the post of dean, but remains the scientific director of the Faculty of WE&IA.

The report was prepared by a group from the HSE University Centre for African Studies and the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. The authors highlight that Russia is invested in the future development of the continent and is open to dialogue with all African nations. The report names the most economically promising fields to be energy, digital technologies, and agriculture.

New article by Professor S. Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, "On a Third Cold War?" was published in "Russia in Global Affairs" Vol. 19 ∙ No.3 ∙ July – September ∙ 2021.

Professor Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, has published a new article “A Chance Not To Be Missed” in ‘Rossiiskaya Gazeta’, Federal issue #139(8490), on June 25, 2021

has been hosted by HSE on June 28th, 2021.

At the XXII April International Conference, the report "Russia's Arctic Policy: International Aspects", made under the leadership of Sergey Karaganov, was presented. The report was co-authored by the CCEIS staff Anastasia Likhacheva, Vasily Kashin, Dmitry Suslov, Igor Makarov and Ilya Stepanov.

To improve its global competitiveness, Russia needs an independent environmental agenda along with a concept for environmental protection, and it makes sense to suggest a ‘global clean deal’ to Europe. A report outlining this, prepared by a team of experts from HSE University, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and environmentalists, was presented at TASS.

HSE University has expanded its presence in the top 50 of QS subject rankings, placing in two additional subject rankings. HSE is represented in 4 of the 5 broad subject areas ranked by QS, and it has significantly improved its performance from last year in almost half of the individual subjects rankings in which it is included.

Professor S. Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, gave an interview for RT.

Оn February, 24, 2021 the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, together with the Russian Middle East Association within the framework of the permanent online seminar «Contemporary area studies», organized the fourth meeting dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Arab Spring with a Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Islamic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Dr. Vasily Kuznetsov, on the topic : "Tunisia 10 years later: (not) fulfilled hopes».

The idea for the project, which studies the crisis experience, was born at HSE University’s Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs last spring, when it became clear that the pandemic and lockdown had given rise to a new systemic crisis, based on numerous contradictions that have accumulated in the world over the past decades. The results of the scientific Lessons from the Crises of the Past project have been presented to the portal's news service by Igor Makarov, Head of HSE University’s School of World Economy.

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 December 8, 2020, within the framework of the permanent online project “It’s worth talking about”, online meeting was held withAndrey Baklanov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, the  State adviser of the Russian Federation of the first class, the Head of the research sector of the Middle East and North Africa of the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE. The theme of the meeting was “Turkey: opponent or partner?”

How high is the risk of a full-blown financial crisis after the pandemic? Which countries and regions are most at risk? Are national governments managing to cope with the challenge of preventing economic collapse? Such topics were the focus of attention at the annual conference organised by the HSE University Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs.

On November, 19 the X International Russian-Chinese School on International Relations has officially opened. The event is held at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. Although the School is held online this year, as well as the most of events this time, the atmosphere has been quite celebratory.

There is a danger that by focusing entirely on the pandemic Russia and the international community might get distracted from addressing fundamental problems―devising and implementing a new, future-oriented ideological base and agenda for Russia’s foreign policy

Project work in the Faculty of Humanities can be divided into three categories of varying scale. Megaprojects bring together employees of different HSE faculties and campuses; projects bring together employees at the faculty level; and more localized projects, which have been tentatively defined as initiative projects, are implemented by teams on an initiative basis. This project work structure and other issues were discussed on Wednesday, July 29 at a meeting of the HSE University administration.

On July 15, 2020, The Center for the National Interest hosted an online discussion on the topic «The World According to Putin: Debating Why World War II Happened»

A new article by Professor S.Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, was published in the latest volume of Limes magazine (np. 5/2020, pp. 37-43)

On May 29, 2020, the Higher School of Economics in cooperation with the Integration club under the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation held an online roundtable discussion “Searching for a new multipolarity architecture: international cooperation of the EAEU”. The event is included in the official distributed programme of the XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. During the round table, an expert report was presented, in which the staff of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, Higher School of Economics took part: T. Bordachev, A.B. Likhacheva, A. Korolev, A. Pyatachkova, Yu.  Belous, M. Zhiyenbayev, D. Malyutina, L. Krashennikova.

Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, Professor S. Karaganov has published a new article "Russia in the Post-Coronavirus World: New Ideas for Foreign Policy" in "Russia in Global Affairs" on May 17.

On January 22, Thomas Graham, former Special Assistant to the President of the United States on Russian and Eurasian affairs (2004-2007), spoke to faculty and students of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs about the fundamentally competitive nature of US-Russia relations and prospects for cooperation between the two countries.

Prof. Karaganov has published a new article “Where to Go and with Whom to Go: Russia’s Foreign Policy on the Threshold of a New Decade” in ‘Rossiiskaya Gazeta’.

Researchers and diplomats from 35 countries and eight Russian regional universities gathered at HSE University to discuss globalization in Asia and how it differs from what is taking place in Europe.

On Thursday, July 11, students and faculty of the International Russian-Chinese Summer School on International Affairs bid farewell with a festive awards ceremony and closing lecture by Professor Sergey Karaganov, Academic Supervisor and Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs.

Professor of the University of Western Australia Mark Beeson delivered a series of open lectures at the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics in the framework of the HSE Visiting Scholar Visits Support Programme and with the participation of the International Laboratory of World Order Studies and New Regionalism.

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.

Sergey Karaganov, dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations at the HSE gave an interview to news channel RT 14 Feb, 2019.

A double degree implemented by HSE and Kyung Hee University in Economics and Politics in Asia was unveiled at the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. The first enrolment in the programme took place this summer. Participants of the presentation included Lee Jin-hyun, Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Korea; Khan Gon, Vice President of Kyung Hee University; as well as representatives from the embassies of China, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Malaysia in Russia.

The article of Dean of the School of World Economy and Foreign Affairs, S. Karaganov was published on the site of “Journal of Eurasian Studies”.

German Campus Verlag publishing house published a book “Multipolarity : The promise of disharmony”, edited by Peter W. Schulze.

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

The article of Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, S. Karaganov was published on the site of ‘Russia in Global Affairs’ magazine.

Professor Sergey Karaganov argues that the current state of international relations can be characterized as a new Cold War with Eurasia emerging as its major battlefield and at the same time as a second, non-Western pole of a new confrontation

Professor Karaganov was invited as a speaker to the international annual ‘Athens Seminar 2018’ (21-23 June)

A new article by Prof. Karaganov, Doctor of History, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations at the National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.

How to move from distrusting everything around you to new mutually beneficial alliances and partnerships? Can we achieve it in Eurasia? The participants of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum discussed these and other questions at TV debates organized by RT. Sergey Karaganov, Dean of HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, believes that both Russia and Europe should turn together to the East.

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.

Prof. Karaganov, dean of the faculty, has published a new article for Project Syndicate ‘The West’s Unilateral Cold War’.

Prof. Karaganov gave an interview for The Times of India on Russian foreign policy in the Asian region.

On November 27, the HSE Academic Council held an awards ceremony dedicated to the university’s 25th anniversary. The meeting saw the participation of representatives of the Russian President, members of government, and members of the Russian Federal Assembly. Governmental awards were given to a number of HSE employees for their tremendous accomplishments.

On 22 October 2017 ‘Rossiyskaya gazeta’ has published a new interview with Prof. Karaganov.

Prof. Karaganov together with other representative of School of international economics and foreign affairs of HSE took part in 14th Annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on 16-19 October 2017.

The report has been prepared due to the series of research conducted in late 2016-early 2017 and the situation analysis “Turn to the East: A new stage and agenda for co-operation”.

Prof. Karaganov has published a new article on the Future World Order in ‘Rossiiskaya Gazeta’.

On the 1^st and 2^nd of September a joint conference took place between NRU HSE and the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute. It’s subject: "After the End of Revolution: The Constitutional Order of the Amid the Crisis of Democracy" was heavily debated at the Higher School of Economics campus.

Mikhail Berger, Professor at the Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design, and Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs have been awarded the Russian Federation Government Media Prize.

An article of the Dean of the School of World Economy and International Affairs S. Karaganov, originally published in Rosiiskaya Gazeta, October 24, 2016, Federal Issue № 7109 (241).

An article of the Dean of the School of World Economy and International Affairs S. Karaganov co-authored with PhD students of the school D. Novikov and K. Chernyavskaya “Russian Foreign Policy: Risky Successes” was published in the Spring issue of Harvard International Review. The article focuses on provisional results and perspectives of the Russian foreign policy.

Recent article of S. Karaganov was published in Huffington Post

On July 6, 2016, the VI International Russian-Chinese Summer School on International Affairs came to a close. Run jointly by the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and East China Normal University, with sponsorship provided by the Gorchakov Fund, this year’s school focused on the role of institutions in the new global governance architecture.

The International Congress on Russia and Spain: Politics, Economics, Culture was the first to bring together leading Russian researchers on Spain and Spanish scholars representing various fields of the social sciences and humanities.

The new article of S.Karaganov “New Ideological Struggle” was recently published in Russian in Izvestia newspaper.

Interdisciplinary research and education in economics and international politics are the trademark of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at HSE. The Faculty offers three tracks for undergraduate students and five Master’s programmes, as well as many opportunities for collaboration on research projects for faculty members and students. Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, spoke with The HSE Look about research plans, international cooperation and new degree programmes.

Faced with a crisis, the Russian authorities are trying to convince their people that all of Russia’s troubles come from abroad, but its main battles are also won there. Sergei Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Affairs at the National Research University—Higher School of Economics, in an interview to The New Times offers his proof of why Russia can boast of very tangible and palpable victories on the international stage. The country is fighting for its security and sovereignty, but at the same time he admits that Russia has had “splendid economic failures.”

On 5th February, American diplomat and political scientist Henry Kissinger visited the HSE Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs. On Kissinger’s initiative the meeting was organised as a seminar for a dozen or so of the brightest young academics at HSE, MGIMO and RAS institutes. The best master’s students were also invited. The event was chaired by Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty.

The article of Professor S. Karaganov “A turn to Asia: the history of the political idea” issued as the preface to the monograph “A Turn to the East: Development of Siberia and the Far East in the Context of Strengthening the Eastern Vector of Russia's Foreign Policy” published in Russian by Mezhdunarodnye Otnoshenia Publishers, Moscow, 2015.

On August 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a directive appointing HSE Academic Supervisor Evgeny Yasin to the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. His candidacy was proposed by Council head Mikhail Fedotov.

This year, Panagiotis Sarantidis, from Greece, graduated from HSE’s International Business programme, headed by Irina Kratko. According to Prof. Kratko, foreign students’ motivations for choosing Moscow as a place to study are quite varied. Some of them intend to connect their future career with Russia, already having ideas to establish joint ventures here. Others, for example HSE students from the United States, have previously studied the Russian language, so their interest is perhaps rooted in the country’s rich cultural and historical heritage.

HSE has held the 5th International Relations Russia-China Summer School 'Eurasia 2020: Prospects for cooperation.' The school has been held since 2011 by the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs jointly with the East China Normal University (Shanghai, China). This year it was held with support from the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund. This is the only summer school of this kind held in Russia.

On June 26-27 Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs took part in the World Peace Forum, which is held annually at in Beijing, China. The event is organized by Tsinghua University.

Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE S. Karaganov took part in the MSC Core Group Meeting in Vienna from June 16 to 17, 2015, which is organized in partnership with the Government of Austria and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

On June 15 S. Karaganov participated in the Vaduz Roundtable on “Continental Conditions for Russian-European Co-Evolution: Longer-term Challenges and Options” organized by Prince Michael von Liechtenstein. Participants discussed the middle-team strategies the common economic space development, prospects of the Russia-Europe partnership in the Continent and geopolitics.

On June 1 S. Karaganov Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE’s participated in the opening session “The Search for Global Leadership” an annual flagship London Conference (Chatham House), launched in 2014, brings together 200 senior decision-makers in the policy, business, civil society and academic spheres to debate the systemic risks facing the world as a result of the deepening process of globalization.

On 7-10th April 2015 the HSE, supported by the World Bank will be holding the XVI April International Conference on Economic and Social Development. Top political scientists, sociologists and economists, government officials and businessmen will discuss the burning issues we are facing today; should we take the path of international integration, how can we resolve the current economic crisis and where should we look for new drivers of economic growth? Andrei Yakovlev and Fuad Aleskerov told the HSE news website about what novelties and special events the conference has in store.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order on recognizing almost 200 Russians for their achievements in the workplace, many years of conscientious work, and active role taken in society. Those recognized included several members of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, including Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs Sergey Karaganov and Professor at the Faculty of Law Tamara Morshchakova.

Chairman of the OSCE, Switzerland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Burkhalter  proposed that Sergey A. Karaganov, Dean of HSE’s Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and Honorable Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy, should be included in the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project. The Panel’s first working meeting will be at the Munich Security Conference in February this year.

On July 3-10, the IV International Russian-Chinese Summer School on International Relations, ‘Space and Time in the Eurasian Era,’ took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the HSE and East China Normal University. A total of 15 Russian and 12 Chinese students are taking part in the summer school. The summer school, whose working language is English, is intended for undergraduate and graduate students from Russia and China that are interested in international relations.

On May 30, 2014, the HSE Academic Council voted to open a new ‘mega department’ – the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. The structure of this big division will include a Department of World Economy, a Department of International Affairs, and the School of Asian Studies. Sergey Karaganov will serve as Dean of the Faculty.

On May 7, 2014 leading Russian and international experts and HSE lecturers gave a presentation about a new international lecture series ‘Time for Russia’, organized by the Civil Society Development Foundation and the HSE.

Both scholars and musicians will tell you that learning is a lifetime affair. On September 10, 2013, HSE Day took place in Gorky Park for the second time. The event featured Freshman Day, an alumni reunion, and an outdoor lecture centre, as well as many humorous competitions for students and anyone wanting to participate.