Dmitry Efremenko

On 9 December 2025, within the framework of the Seventh International Conference “The World Majority and the West in the Context of Geo-economic and Civilizational Transformations,” the Institute of  International Defense Economy and Strategy organized a panel entitled “The Collective West: Internal and External Challenges.” The panel brought together representatives of HSE University, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS), and MGIMO University.

On 9 December 2025, as part of the 7th International Conference “The World Majority and the West amid Geo-economic and Civilizational Transformations,” a session of the section “The Politics of Memory in the Regions of Russia and the World” was held. The session was organized by the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, in partnership with the Institute of Regional Historic Studies of the Faculty of Humanities, HSE University, and the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences RAS (INION).

The School of International Regional Studies at the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs (WEIA) held the International Conference ‘The World Majority and the West amid Geoeconomic and Civilisational Transformations.’ This was the seventh time the conference had taken place, bringing together researchers from 13 countries.

HSE University has hosted a conference entitled ‘Russia—The Arab World: Digital Future and Youth Cooperation,’ organised by the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs (WEIA). The meeting took place in the run-up to the first Russian–Arab summit, due to be held in Moscow on October 15, 2025.

On May 22, 2025, the School of Regional Studies at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, hosted an honorary lecture by Mr. Daban Shadala, Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government — the official governing body of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The topic of the event was “Transformation of the Middle East Region: Key Trends and Prospects.”

On April 17, 2025, as part of the Oriental Studies section of the XXV Anniversary Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (YAС), the School of Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) organized a keynote address by Archana Upadhyay, Professor at the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.