The 12th RISA Convention
MGIMO-University will host the 12th Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention “The World of the Regions vs. the Regions of the World” 21-22 October, 2019.
The 12th RISA Convention Programme (PDF)
The Programme of the Convention will include ASEAN — Russia Forum on Education; the Conference of the French-Russian Trianon Dialogue and the Association of the Leading Universities entitled «Academic Diplomacy. The Role of Leading Russian Universities»; a plenary session «World of Regions VS Regions of the World»; a plenary session «Diplomacy: Experience and Heritage of the Era» devoted to great Russian diplomats such as Anatoly Dobrynin, Oleg Troyanovsky, Yuri Vorontsov, Evgeni Primakov; a special session of MIKTA and others.
The Convention is held with the support of MGIMO Endowment, MGIMO Alumni Association, PAO Severstal, the Center for Russian-Polish Dialogue and Understanding, the Russian-French Civil Society Forum Trianon Dialogue, the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund.
Plenary session “The World of the Regions vs. the Regions of the World”
21 October, 2019
MGIMO, Conference Hall
11:00-12:45
- Anatoly Torkunov, Rector, MGIMO-University, Academician of the RAS
- Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, the Kingdom of Cambodia
- María Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session
- Alexandre Yakovenko, Rector, the Diplomatic Academy of MFA of the Russian Federation
- Andrei Melville, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Higher School of Economics
- Caroline Janvier, Chairperson of the French-Russian Friendship Group at the French National Assembly
Plenary session “Diplomacy: Experience and Legacy”
21 October, 2019
MGIMO, Conference Hall
14:00-16:00
- Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Federation
- Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
- Anatoly Torkunov, Rector, MGIMO-University, Academician of the RAS
- Suzanne Massie, Special Advisor to the USA President (1984-1988)
- Alexey Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe, corresponding member, RAS
- Sergey Krylov, Professor, MGIMO-University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Alexander Panov, Head of the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO-University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiar
- Alexander Bessmertnykh, President of the MGIMO Alumni Association, President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Constantine Mosel, Professor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Sections of the XI RISA Convention
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Important dates of the 11th RISA Convention:
4 September — deadline for the abstracts and texts of reports and articles
15 September — publication of the list of participants and reports on the RISA website
24 September — deadline for online registration on the RISA website (obligatory for all participants)
28-29 September — XI RISA Convention
All submitted abstracts and manuscripts are assessed in accordance with the peer-review procedure (Reviewing rules).
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Conference «Russia and ASEAN in the Asia-Pacific Region: dynamic of cooperation, regional processes and global context |
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Special session of the International Discussion club «Valdai» |
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Block 1. De revolutio et transformatio Section №1. Great revolutions in the history of international relations. On the occasion of centenary of the February and October revolutions of 1917 in Russia. Section №2. Revolution and continuity in the international system Section №3. The phenomenon of revolution in terms of historical continuum and geopolitical space Section №4. Intercultural communication: culture and revolution Section №5. Modern world in the process of political transformation Section №6. Latin America: revolutions of the 20th century Section №7. Oriental countries: the century of great transformations Section №8. The Great October Socialist Revolution and international law: doctrinal assessments Section №9. The Caucuses in the context of world politics: an insight through the century Section №10. Revolution and the problem of political identity of contemporary Russia Section №11. Diplomatic and temporary capital cities at the times of revolutions and wars Section №12. The image of social justice and the revolution: 100 years of world history Section №13. Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century: sociopolitical and economic transformations Section №14. Ukraine and the revolutions of early XX and XXI centuries: society, history, culture Section №15. Language and mass consciousness in the periods of radical sociopolitical transformations: modern interpretations of the problem in the framework of linguistic and interdisciplinary studies Section №16. Dialectics of the evolutionary and the revolutionary in the transformation of sociocultural forms: international experience of elaborating of educational politics Section №17. East – West: revolutions and traditions (section of the Institute of Europe of RAS) Round table «Revolution and personality» |
Block 2. De imperio Section №1. From empire to integration and the rule of law Section №2. Post-empires: theoretical perspective Section №3. The European Union as a “soft” empire Section №4. China, Germany and Russia: “imperial heritage” in modern external economic expansion Section №5. Spain: historical heritage and modern developments Section №6. Baltic Region ab imperio (1917-2017) Section №7. Political media discourse as a reflection of post-empire transformation Section №8. Sanctioned states in the context of global imperialism (working language – Russian and English (preferred)) Section №9. “Imperia complex” in the media mindset: pro e contra Section №10. The Crimea in the system of international relations: the heritage of empires, revolutions and generations Section №11. Current political problems of post-empire societies: ethnocultural context Section №12. Post-empires in the post-revolutionary epoque: comparative dimensions (special section of the Russian political science association (RPSA)) Section №13. Post-Soviet period and new government principles in modern Russia |
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Block 3. World economy and international economic relations Section №1. Dialectics of development of world and regional economy: economic and non-economic factors Section №2. Dialectics of development of national economy: economic and non-economic factors Section №3. International migration in the era of globalization: theory and practice Section №4. Russia in the world energy industry in the 20th-21st centuries Section №5. Sustainable development and economic growth in the context of global instability Section №6. Ecological agenda of world development: evolution, current state and prospects Section №7.International business in the XXI century: challenges and prospects Section №8. International cooperation in the development of the system of economic information: historical continuity and current tasks Section №9. International finances in the period of transformations Section №10. Theoretical and practical problems of structural and digital transformations in economy |
Block 4. Diplomacy, integration and conflicts Section №1. International conflicts and change of political regimes Section №2. Public diplomacy in the context of conflicts and crises Section №3. Transformationof armed conflicts in the Middle East Section №4. Lobbying in the US foreign policy: ethnical and confessional interest groups and external influence Section №5. Stable Balkans: a dream of generations Section №6. The role of diplomacy in resolving conflicts in modern times Section №7. The role of public diplomacy in the formation of national image (special section of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund) Section №8. Eurasian Union:from an integrational alternative to the status of a civilizational perspective Section №9. Sports diplomacy:heritage and contemporary challenges Section №10. Asymmetrical conflicts:new approaches to research Section №11. Public diplomacy in Eurasian region Round table «Transregionalism and models of regional integration» |
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Block №5. Ad disputandum Section №1. Modern technologies: challenges or opportunities for world politics? Section №2. Legal aspect of the international relations: from “soft power” / “normative power” to the category of stress resilience Section №3. The Trump phenomenon and systemic crisis of American politics Section №4. Methods of reserach of global governance (special section of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)) Section №5. Basic areas of development of international lobbism and GR-technologies in the early XXI century Round table «Will “soft power” be removed from the international agenda?» Round table «Science and education: strategies of cooperation in cultural and civilizational development» |
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