Sections of the X RISA Convention
If you would like to organize or moderate a section or a conference, please, submit your proposals on the subject and the composition of participants via e-mail: risa@inno.mgimo.ru until 30th September 2016.
Important dates of the 10th RISA Convention:
20th November – deadline for the abstracts
28th November – publication of the list of participants and the abstracts at the RISA website
15th January – deadline for manuscripts
All submitted abstracts and manuscripts are assessed in accordance with the peer-review procedure (Reviewing rules).
Blocks of Sections
Conference “ASEAN and Russia in Asia-Pacific region: dynamic of cooperation, regional processes and the global context
(final results of the anniversary year of the ASEAN – Russia dialogue partnership)” (December, 9, 2016)
Contacts: e.koldunova@inno.mgimo.ru (Please put “RISA – ASEAN-Russia Conference” in the subject of the letter)
Conference “Russia and Poland in new environment: are there opportunities for cooperation?” (December, 9, 2016)
Contacts: risa@inno.mgimo.ru
Conference “Israel and Russia: common and specific in viewpoints.
Devoted to the 25th anniversary of Russian-Israeli relations” (December, 8, 2016)
Contacts: risa@inno.mgimo.ru
Special session "Russian foreign energy policy and diplomacy"(December 9, 2016)
Contacts: miep@mgimo.ru, tel. +7(495)434-92-27
Special session on the results of the XIII Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.
Presentation of the report “Global outbreak and global order” (December, 8, 2016)
Contacts: a.starkova@valdaiclub.com
Block 1. Russia’s foreign policy in modern world
Section №1. Russia among leading world powers of the XXI century. Old and new formats of cooperation
Moderators: A.Voskresenskiy, Т.Shakleina
Contacts: shakleina-tania@yandex.ru (please copy the letter to e.koldunova@inno.mgimo.ru, please put “RISA – Section title” in the subject of the letter)
Section №2. Russia’s foreign policy in the modern turbulent world
Moderator: М.Lebedeva
Contacts: mmlebedeva@gmail.com
Section №3. Russia’s pivot to Asia and Russian Far East: interim results and prospects
Moderator: V.Panova, A.Lukin (Far Eastern Federal University)
Contacts: victoria.panova@gmail.com (please copy the letter to lukin.al@dvfu.ru (Artem Lukin)
Section №4. Russia and the West: 25 years of new dialogue with world leaders
Moderator: V.Pechatnov
Contacts: iskander2017@yandex.ru (Iskander Magadeev)
Section №5. Russia and contemporary integration processes
Moderator: N.Kaveshnikov
Contacts: europa@mgimo.ru; nikandrrr@mail.ru
Section №6. Russia and Asian countries: urgent issues in bilateral relations
Moderator: D.Streltsov
Contacts: a.kireeva@my.mgimo.ru (Anna Kireeva; please put “RISA – Section title” in the subject of the letter)
Section №7. Russia’s foreign policy and diplomacy in the sphere of energy
Moderator: V.Salygin
Contacts: miep@mgimo.ru, tel. +7(495)434-92-27
Section №8. "Arab autumn" and Russian-Egyptian relations
Moderator: A.Korotaev (the Institute of African studies of RAS)
Contacts: akorotayev@gmail.com
Section №9. African dimension of Russia’s foreign policy in new geopolitical environment
Moderator: I.Abramova (Institute of African Studies of RAS)
Contacts: dir@inafr.ru
Round table «Transregionalism in Eurasia»
Moderator: A.Voskresenskiy
Contacts: e.koldunova@inno.mgimo.ru (please put “RISA – Section title” in the subject of the letter)
Round table «Russia’s foreign policy reflected in the media»
Moderator: Y.Skvortsov
Contacts: y.skvortsov@inno.mgimo.ru (please copy the letter to masumova@mail.ru (Nigyar Masumova))
Block 2. 25 years of Russia’s foreign policy: regional dimension
Section №1. Russia – Ibero-America: experience of cooperation
Subsection 1. Latin America
Moderator: L.Okuneva (together with the Institute of Latin America of RAS)
Contacts: liudmila31@yandex.ru
Subsection 2. Spain
Moderator: S.Henkin
Contacts: sergkhenkin@mail.ru
Section №2. Russia’srelations withunited Germany: from partnership to misunderstanding. What’s next?
Moderator: A.Kuznetsov (Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations)
Contacts: kuznetsov@imemo.ru
Section №3. The Balkans and Russia’s foreign policy.1991 – 2016
Moderator: A.Skvoznikov; E.Ponomareva
Contacts: skvoznikov2003@mail.ru (please copy the letter to nastya304@mail.ru)
Section №4. Russia’s foreign policy priorities in the Middle East. 1991 – 2016
Moderator: V.Morozov
Contacts: morozov_v_m@mgimo.ru
Section №5. Cooperation versus competition in the Baltic region and Russia. 1991 – 2016
Moderator: V.Vorotnikov
Contacts: vorotnikov.vladislav@gmail.com
Section №6. The Caucasus in the international relations and Russia’s foreign policy. 1991 – 2016
Moderator: M.Volhonsky, V.Muhanov
Contacts: caucas@inno.mgimo.ru
Block 3. Russian diplomacy and diplomatic service
Section №1. The role of modern diplomacy in settling global and regional problems
Moderator: A.Panov
Contacts: Panov.Taishi@yandex.ru
Section №2. Public diplomacy and political communications in world experience
Moderator: A.Velikaya (The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund), O.Lebedeva
Contacts: velikaya@gorchakovfund.ru, o.lebedeva@mgimo.ru
Section №3. Public diplomacy as a factor of overcoming international blockade of the Crimea
Moderator: G.Muradov, T.Senyushkina (The Crimean Federal Institute)
Contacts: tsenyushkina@yandex.com
Section №4. Sports diplomacy: problems and prospects of Russia’s integration in the international sports community
Moderator: E.Ponomareva
Contacts: rudaya.mgimo@gmail.com
Workshop „Soft power” as a factor of international politics: theory and contemporary environment
Moderator: A.Glinchikova
Contacts: alla.glinchikova@gmail.com
Block 4. Transitology
Section №1. Political and socioeconomic transition in Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic countries
Moderator: А.Malgin
Contacts: a.habarta@inno.mgimo.ru (Andjey Gabarta)
Section №2. Independent Ukraine and external world: meanings, interpretations, trends in relations
Moderator: G.Lesnaya ( together with the Russian Association of Ukrainianists)
Contacts: glesnaya@mail.ru
Block 5. History and theory in international studies
Section №1. The history of international relations in modern Russian academic literature: historiography and methodology
Moderator: A.Revyakin
Contacts: a.reviakin@mail.ru
Section №2. Contemporary problems of the theory of international relations and political science
Moderator: Т.Alekseeva
Contacts: political.theory@mgimo.ru,
ataleks@mail.ru
Section №3. Problems of foreign policy effectiveness: comparative perspective
Moderator: O.Gaman-Golutvina
Contacts: ogaman@mail.ru
Section №4. Results and prospects of international studies in resolving problems of environmental management and ecology
Moderator: R.Aliev
Contacts: ecology@inno.mgimo.ru (please copy the letter to jileyka90@gmail.com)
Section №5. Values, integration and conflict
Moderator:M. Rykhtik
Contacts: mrykhtik@yandex.ru
Section №6. Value projects of the future: competing foreign policy discourses and strategies
Moderator: M.Mchedlova (RUDN University, the Institute of Sociology); Caroline Dufy (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
Contacts: mchedlova_mm@pfur.ru
Section №7. Influential actors and challenges to governance in globalized environment
Moderator: Y.Karaulova
Contacts: karaulova8@gmail.com
Section №8. Long-term forecasting of international processes: experience of the “World in 100 years” project
Moderator: A.Kortunov (Russian International Affairs Council)
Contacts: dkhaspekova@russiancouncil.ru
Section №9. Political power: Western view, Eastern view
Moderator: A.Vladimirova (together with the Research committee on Political power of the International political science association (IPSA RC36))
Contacts: alina.v.vladimirova@gmail.com
Block 6. Defense policy and security issues
Section №1. International conflicts: policy of states and international organizations
Moderator: A.Nikitin (together withRussian Pudwash Committee under the Presidium of RAS)
Contacts:centercpis@gmail.com(please copy the letter to an@inno.mgimo.ru, sktse@mail.ru)
Section №2. Combating international terrorism: global and regional aspects
Moderator: A.Kazantsev
Contacts:andrka@mail.ru
Section №3. The system ofgovernance and new challenges to national security: problems of constructing an effective response mechanismon the national level
Moderator: V.Dobrosotskiy, М.Mastushkin
Contacts: mastushkin@rambler.ru
Section №4. Conflicts in the Post-Soviet area
Moderator: T.Makhmutov (Russian International Affairs Council - RIAC)
Contacts: dkhaspekova@russiancouncil.ru
Block 7. Multilateral institutions and dialogue formats
Section №1. Russia and the changing role of the UN in the modern world
Moderators: A.Borisov (RAS UN), L.Voronkov (MGIMO), A.Kuteinikov (Saint Petersburg University)
Contacts: una@una.ru, alex.kuteynikov.sociology@gmail.com
Section №2. Club and network diplomacy: global solutions
Moderators: V.Panova (Institute of Oriental Studies – School of regional and international studies, FEFU), G.Toloraya (National Committee on BRICS Studies)
Contacts: victoria.panova@gmail.com
Block 8. World economy and international economic relations
Section №1. Russia in the world economic system
Moderator: I.Platonova
Contacts:ier@inno.mgimo.ru, irplato56@mail.ru
Section №2. Results, problems and prospects of economic globalization in the world
Moderator: A.Bulatov
Contacts: mirec@mgimo.ru
Section №3. Russia in the system of promoting international development
Moderators: A.Abramova
Contacts: anna.vl.abramova@gmail.com
Section №4. Corporate social responsibility as an instrument of business “soft power” in the international economic relations
Moderator: E.Zavialova
Contacts: e.zavyalova@inno.mgimo.ru
Section №5. Development strategy for Russia"s economy amid contemporary geopolitical transformations
Moderator: V.Ivanter (the Institute of national economy forecast of RAS)
Contacts: vvivanter@ecfor.ru
Section №6. Eurasian Economic Union: prospects of development
Moderator: Y.Lisovolik
Contacts: ylisovol@mail.ru
Block 9. Social and humanitarian aspects of international relations
Section №1. Cross-cultural communications and Russia’s foreign policy
Moderators: A.Shestopal, M.Silantieva
Contacts: silvari@mail.ru
Section №2. Psychological, educational and linguistic aspects of training of international relations specialists
Moderators: E.Ponomarenko, E.Voevoda, L.Kostikova
Contacts: 1pev2009@mail.ru, elenavoevoda@yandex.ru, kost@post.rzn.ru
Section №3. Professional training in international relations: challenges and prospects
Moderators: I.Mazaeva, K.Chiknaverova
Contacts:chiknaverova@mail.ru
Section №4. Migration processes in Europe: challenges and prospects
Moderator: A.Gromyko (Institute of Europe of RAS together with the Istitute of linguo-civilizational and migration processes under the Russkiy Mir Foundation)
Contacts: victory02@list.ru (Victoria Ivanova)
Block 10. Comparative legal studies and international law
Section №1. Comparative legal studies
Moderator: G.Tolstopyatenko
Contacts: decanatmp@mgimo.ru
Section №2. Competitiveness in the international law
Moderator: A.Vylegzhanin, А.Kapustin
Contacts: ilc48@mail.ru, Vylegjanin@mgimo.ru
Section №3. Contemporary interaction between international law and Russia’s foreign policy on the issue of migration
Moderator: D.Ivanov
Contacts: prof.ivanovdv@gmail.com
Section №4. Newest tendencies in the development of European law and the law of the Eurasian Economic Union
Moderator: M.Entin
Contacts: kafedra-ide@mgimo.ru, entin-mark@mgimo.ru
Section №5. Legal discourse in international politics: challenges and solutions
Moderator: R.Engibaryan
Contacts: karaulova8@gmail.com (J.Karaulova)
Block 11. Mass media and discourse
Section №1. 25 years of Russia’s political linguistics
Moderator: P.Parshin
Contacts: pparshin@mail.ru
Section №2. Communicative track in international politics: traditional and new practices and their conceptualization
Moderator: V.Sergeev
Contacts: laris-pulena@rambler.ru
Section №3. Problems and prospects of development of modern political discourse in the mass media
Moderators: M.Zheltuhina, N.Ches
Contacts: zzmr@mail.ru, natches@yandex.ru